Communication 3nineTOO

Course Calendar

 
 
 
 
Date

READING AND RESOURCES
In Class and Assigned Reading

 

 
     
Week 1    
Wed
Aug 26
Interpersonal Warm-up (Behavioral Interview Questions)  
     
     
     
WEEK 2    
Mon
Aug 31
Pivotal Terms in the Study of Human Communication  
     
     
Wed
Sept 2      
Pivotal Terms in the Study of Human Communication  
Week 3    
Mon Sept 7

  How Do You Get Anything Done Around Here? Marian L. Houser and Astrid Sheil. 13-19
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 
     
     
Power Point: Strategies and Tacticshttp://www.sociablemedia.com [browse through the site]
     
Wed Sept 9  

Communicating and Leading Change  Christina Bates 20-25
Case Study Overview and Discussion Questions

 

 
Week 4    
Mon Sept 14     
 

Chapter 3 TEAM 1 Phil Good  Andrea Kim  Glen King  Amanda Day
Managing a Merger  Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten, Mary Simpson, & Theodore Zorn, 26-32
Case Study Overview and Discussion Questions

No Essay Required for This Presentation

 
 
     
     
Wed
Sept. 16
TEAM 2 Sean Lastres  Nick Levin  Alexander Malamos  Shantaye Wonzer
Ch. 4     Merged, Incompatible IT Cultures 33-38
Case Overview and Discussion Questions 
No Essay Required for This Presentation

TEAM 3   Elizabeth McKernin Kari McMullen Jonathan Miller 
Downsizing at Tata Steel    
Rajeev Kumar     Click Here to Download  (Not in the Textbook)
Tata Steel: http://www.tatasteel.com

Case Study Overview and Discussion Questions   No Essay Required for This PresentationNo Essay Required for This Presentation

 

 

  Power Point: Strategies and Tactics http://www.sociablemedia.com [browse through the site]                              
     
 
Mon
Sept 21
 TEAM 4   Stephanie Morgan Ashley Porter Max Raver , Eric Carlson
 
Chapter 8
Caught in the Intranet  Jensen Chung, 59-66
 Case Overview and Discussion Questions     
No Essay Required for This Presentation

Team 5  Samuel Singh Jillian Walters  Christina Wilson
The Difficulties of Virtual Leaders, 67-72 
 Case Overview and Discussion Questions    
No Essay Required for This Presentation

 
     
     
WEEK 5    
Wed Sept 23 Chapter 5 Attitude Determines Altitude Erika Kirby, 38-45 
Case Study Overview and Discussion Questions

Chapter 10 Knowledge Is Power Melinda M. Villagran and Mary Hoffman, 73-77
 
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 
     
WEEK 6    
     
     
Mon Sept 28
Chapter 11 The E-Mails in the Clinic Initial Services Department, 78-82    
Case Overview and Discussion Questions  
Equity Theory Overview

Chapter 12  Finding a Home for Communication Technologies, 83-88
Craig Scott, Laurie Lewis,
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 
     
Wed Sept 30   

Chapter  13 Reorganizing Human Resources at ASP Software, 91-97
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 
     
     
WEEK 7    
     
Mon
Oct 5

The Fun Team  Carolyn M. Anderson and Heather L. Walter
Case Overview and Discussion Questions       Not in Textbook  Download the Case Here

Chapter 14 Teaming Up For Change Maryanne Wanca-Thibault and Adelina Gomez
Case Overview  and Discussion Question

 

 
     
Wed
Oct 7

Chapter 15 Lessons Learned, MJ Helgerson, 109-114
Case Overview and Discussion Questio

 

 
       
WEEK 8    
     
Mon
 Oct 12
  Fall Recess  No Regularly Scheduled Class  
     
     
     
Wed. Oct 14

Chapter 17 How Much Does Passion Count? Stuart Esrock, Joy Hart and Greag Leichty, 123-131
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 
     
Week 9    
     
Mon Oct 19
Chapter 19
For the Good of Many Nancy M. Schullery and Melissa Gibson Hancox, 141-149
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

Chapter 20  A Matter of Perspective Paaige K. Turner and Robert L. Krizek, 150=157
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 
     
     
Wed. Oct. 21

Chapter 21  The ‘Expert’ Facilitator   Mary E. Vielhaber, 158-163
Case Overview and Discussion Question

 

 
     
  Midterm Grades Due  
WEEK 10    
 
Mon
Oct 26
 

Chapter26   Managing Multiple Roles  Caryn E. Medved and Julie Apker, 197-209
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

Chapter 27  No Laughing Matter, 209-216   
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 

 
 
     
Wed
Oct 28

 

Chapter 28  Not on my Sabbath  217-221 
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 

 
     
     
WEEK 11    
Mon
Nov 2

Chapter 35   Where Does it Hurt  261-270 
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

Chapter 36  A Case of Mistreatment at Work?, 270-278 
Case Overview and Discussion Question

 

 
     
     
     
Wed.
Nov 4
Chapter 37 The Penis People  278-281
Case Overview and Discussion Questions
 
     
     
     
WEEK 12    
Mon Nov 9

  Study Group Work Day-No Regularly Scheduled Class - Meet in Your Teams

 
     
Wed. Nov. 11 TEAM 1  Shantaye Wonzer,  Eric Carlson Amanda Day

Chapter 38  Navigating the Limits of a Smile, 282-292
Case Overview and Discussion Question

or

Chapter 39  Putting My Best Foot Forward, 293-300
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 
        
 

Ch 38  Navigating the Limits of a Smile OR Ch 39Putting My Best Foot Forward

 
     
WEEK 13    
Mon Nov 16 TEAM 2 Phil Good Andrea Kim Glen King

Chapter40  Berating the Bow, 300-304
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

OR
The Case Which Team One Did Not Pick

 

 
     
Wed Nov 18

TEAM 3  Sean Lastres Nick Levin Alexander Malamos

Chapter 41 Islamophobia at Work, 305-314
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 315-324
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 
           
     
WEEK 14    
Mon  Nov 23

 Flex Time

        
     
     
Wed. Nov 25

Thanksgiving Break  No Regularly Scheduled Class

 
     
     
     
WEEK 15    
Mon. Dec 1 TEAM 4      Elizabeth McKernin Kari McMullen Jonathan Miller

Chapter 43  Give Me Information or I Will Blog 324-331
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

OR
Chapter 44 Community Civility, 332-337
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 

 
 
     
Wed. Dec 3

TEAM 5   Stephanie Morgan Ashley Porter Max Raver

Chapter 45  The Sago Mine Disaster, 338-340
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

OR
Chapter 46  More Questions Than Answers
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

Ch 45  The Sago Mine Disaster OR  Ch More Questions Than Answers

 
WEEK 16
Mon. Dec 7

Team 6  Samuel Singh  Jillian Walters   Christina Wilson 

Chapter 47  Ethics in Big Parma 350-356
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

OR
Chapter 48 Forced Collaboration, 367-366
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

Course Evaluation     Senior Surveys      Department Assessment

Ch48 Forced Collaboration OR Ch 47  Ethics in Big Parma

   

   
Additional Cases

Maintaining Faith Christine S. Davis 
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 Not a Typical Friday
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

Contemplating My First Year J. L. Hart 
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

Change, Coalitions, and Coping   J. L. Hart, S. Willihnganz, and G. Leichty,
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

The First Day at Work  Julie A. Davis, 
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

A Decision to Change Theodore E. Zorn, Jr. 
Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 



 

Communicating and Leading Change in Organizations, 21-25  Case Study Overview and Discussion Questions

       Corporate culture in a shell: <http://www.companyculture.info/

         People view: Improve corporate culture: <http://www.peopleview.net/index.html

         The organizational culture website: <http://www.organizational-culture.com/

 

 

 

When a Good Thing Goes Bad  Anne P. Hubbell  Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 

 


 


Where Do We Go From Here?   Edward C. Brewer, Case Overview and Discussion Questions

The mature use of power in organizations. RHR International Executive Insights: <http://12.19.168.197/execinsights/8-3.htm>

Power, organizations and management. Business Open Learning Archive: <http://sol.brunel.ac.uk/~jarvis/bola/power/power.html>

Teaming Up For Change  Maryanne Wanca-Thibault and Adelina Gomez, 98-108Case Overview and Discussion Questions

 

 

Change Management

Encyclopedia of Typography and Electronic Communication: <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/profirst/encycl2.htm>

 Bradley University Electronic Mail and Communication Guidelines: <http://www.bradley.edu/docs/electronic.html>

 A Guide to Electronic Communication & Network Etiquette: <http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/help/internet/netiquette.html>