Advanced Topics in Management Communication

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The Wall Street Journal once reported that corporate MBA recruiters ranked communication skills as the most important attribute they considered when evaluating applicants. No longer can executives rely on strong technical and analytical skills alone to get them through the day and ensure career advancement. Leaders must not only be able to effectively communicate financial models, analytic results, strategic plans and business forecasts, but be able to do so in a variety of settings, situations and communication channels, while addressing a variety of internal and external audiences. Management Communications is designed for students who seek to improve upon existing communication skills by blending theoretical models for effective persuasion with a practical application of course material in a simulated business environment. The course’s “career life cycle” concept encompasses a number of individual and group situations that an employee would face over the course of their career. Students working in any number of fields will find this highly interactive course to be challenging and entertaining as they navigate numerous communication events where assessments of the environment, communication modes, team dynamics and “what’s at stake” play a role to a successful outcome. Most importantly, these exercises and lessons will provide students with communication and situation analysis skills they can put into action immediately as they go about their various business and academic related pursuits.