COMM 3850 - Organizational Communication and System Dynamics

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Communication

Description:

For Communication Studies majors, required in the Applied Leadership emphasis, and open to all interested students. Especially complementary to business or communication students or those who seek leadership positions during their careers. Focuses on complex processes inherent in organizations, including theoretical, conceptual, and applied research and scholarship that reviews why organizations succeed and why they fail, especially how organizations come to be, analysis of organizations to identify strengths and weaknesses, and identification of successful personal roles. Offers insights into organizational structure and cross-communicative patterns within organizations as well as an understanding of organizations from a Systems Dynamics perspective. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Understand the importance of attending and listening to the other person, and portray listening behaviors that demonstrate your understanding. 2. Transfer an understanding of organizational communication fundamentals to the social contexts experienced in both your everyday and professional lives. 3. Recognize the important, meaningful roles that non-spoken behaviors fulfill during our communication interactions within the organizational setting. 4. Understand the axioms of organizational communication as well as its principles and ethics. 5. Evaluate the various strategies by which organizations function. 6. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the perceptual process of communication within the rubric of organizational communication. 7. Apply active listening and its principles in your organizational communication. 8. Explain the nature of trust and be able to define and build that trust both within and across organizations. 9. Distinguish between different organizations by correctly analyzing their needs, values, general tendencies, goals, strategic design, and all ethical considerations applicable to a specific audience. SP

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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