Energy Management Communications

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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: ENGL 110 , ENGL 125 and BADM 202 . Typically Offered: FALLSPR With the evolution of the smart grid and other advanced technologies across the energy industry, more information is readily available on a system wide basis for employees, supervisors and managers. In today's energy field, effective communication goes beyond written and verbal by encompassing the understanding of the specific energy industry nomenclature used in a very technical and hazardous industry. Effectively communicating and precisely managing this information is essential for the energy industry in order to compete in an every changing global environment. Development, dissemination and compliance of written communication plans are essential in everyday business, interpersonal communications, in crises and in dealing with conflicts in the workplace. Organizational communications, climate, culture and our ethical obligation to society will be discussed in steady state, crisis and hazardous situations.