Professional Studies - Exploring Communication Theory

Catalog description

This course involves exploring the theories that provide deeper insight into underlying individual, group, organizational and societal level factors influencing communication patterns, practices and policies in organizations. This course provides a solid understanding of the unique value of the communication studies lens for examining common workplace communication issues at the individual, team and organizational levels. Participants will leave the course with a toolkit of organizational communication concepts and theories for better understanding "what's really going on here," providing a powerful set of insights for identifying, unpacking and addressing common issues related to coworker relationships and conflict, managerial and leadership communication, diversity and inclusion, and workplace culture, to name just a few.