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Using Media to Dramatize
Concepts and Processes in Organizational Communication
Have you ever seen the famous Charlie Chaplin film "Modern Times"? In this movie the Little Tramp becomes a factory worker. In one scene, on his lunch hour, he is fed by a machine that is supposed to speed up the process. In another, a machine he is working on starts to gobble him up. The obvious message is that workers sometimes feel disconnected from their work and dehumanized by it. We believe that film can be a useful instructional tool for illuminating concepts and processes in organizational communication.
Purpose:
The primary goal of this assignment is for your group to apply and demonstrate an understanding of small group or organizational theory and principles through analysis of a film or selected film clips. The secondary goal of this assignment is for your group to have some experience working together in order to enhance your level of small group communication competence.
Project Requirements:
1. Each student will work as a member of a project team during the course of the semester.
2) Team Deliverables
30 minute oral
presentation
1 six page
paper
Introduction (1 page)
Concept 1 (1 page)
Concept 2 (1 page)
Concept 3 (1 page)
Concept 4 (1 page)
Conclusion (1 Page)
4 digitized clips
from film/television/instructional video
2) Each project team will present a 30
minute presentation using clips from popular film, television,
instructional/training video, and/or other media
to dramatize concepts in organizational
communication.
3) The presentation will focus on one general
topic area on organizational communication e.g. decision-
making, organizational culture, identity management in
organization, managing relationship in
organizations, leadership, motivation and influence,
power and control, conflict management, team
communication and group dynamics, organizational change,
technology and organizations,
intercultural communication, ethics and values in the
organization and so forth.
4) Each presentation will dramatize at least 4 pivotal terms, concepts, or processes in organizational communication.
5) Each presentation will use at least 4 media clips from film, training video, television, cartoons and so forth. They clips will be digitized, transferred to a CD ROM, and submitted with your team's final paper.
6) Options for using film/video/instructional video.
a) The clips can come from
all one film.
b) The clips could come from a number of different media
(film, television, training video/DVD)
7) Each week each group must post a status report to Blackboard furnishing the following information.
a) who is in your group,
b) what was accomplished that week in the group,
c) what you plan to do next,
d) what information/ help you need from other groups/individuals
e) other information you want to share.
8) In addition to posting the status report to
Blackboard, you will also send a private e-mail (only to
me) that distributes 100 "quality" points to group-mates
based on their level of participation in
the group for the week. At the end of the semester, the % of
points received by each person
will be averaged into their group grade.
9. Review criteria for evaluation that are normally employed in Kasch communication courses.
Criteria To Evaluatee Semester Presentation
Click here To see the Basic Template That PowerPoint Presentations Usually Follow
Print Out a Copy of the Project Management/Strategic Planning Document