COMN 3111 3.0Organizational Communication

Lecture 1a

WELCOME!

• WE STUDY ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR LIVES IN THEM.

• ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE PRODUCTS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION AND ONCE CREATED, THEY SHAPE HOW WE TALK AND WITH WHOM WE TALK.

• KNOWING HOW THEY WORK AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITHIN THEM IS ESSENTIAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.

• WE WILL BEGIN WITH – A SHORT REVIEW OF A VERY BASIC MODEL OF IP

COMMUNICATION– FOCUS ON THE TYPE AND FUNCTIONS OF

COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONS• WHAT FUNCTIONS DOES COMMUNICATION – OF WHATEVER TYPE –

SERVE IN ORGANIZING?– REVIEW HOW COMMUNICATION TYPES CHANGE AS

ORGANIZATIONS GROW – FROM • PURELY FACE-TO-FACE TALK – MUTUAL ADJUSTMENT – TO • AN EMPHASIS ON WRITTEN DOCUMENTS – TEXT ON PAGE AND

NOW TEXT ON SCREEN.• ALSO WE WILL KEEP COMING BACK TO THE PROBLEM OF

COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD – TOO MUCH INFORMATION -AND HOW ORGANIZATIONS DEAL WITH THIS. HOW THEY CHANGE.

COMN 3111 IS A BLENDED LEARNING COURSE

• COMBINES ELEMENTS OF “LIVE” FACE-TO-FACE TEACHING

• A ONE HOUR PER WEEK TUTORIAL YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR AND ATTEND

• PLUS CONTENT DELIVERED ON LINE• COURSE LECTURES HAVE BEEN

VIDEOSTREAMED AND ARCHIVED• AVAILABLE ON A WEEKLY BASIS ON THE

COURSE WEB SITE.

THIS COURSE IS TIME-TESTED

• FOR NINE YEARS WE HAVE DEVELOPED TESTED AND RUN THIS COURSE

• IT’S RATED VERY HIGHLY BY THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN IT– IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE

CONTENT, THE TEACHING AND THE ON- LINE EXPERIENCE

• WE HOPE YOU WILL ALSO LEARN AND ENJOY

ONE TEXT REQUIRED

• Organizational Communication: Selected Readings by Dalton Kehoe, Pearson Education Canada, Custom Publication, 2012.

COURSE TEXT• Available Two Places

– York Book store– OR– Discount Text Books has some– 4699 Keele St. (in Plaza across from the

main entrance to York on Keele - Last unit south next to Tim Horton’s)

– Cheaper than York

Course Web Site

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– once inside the site always click on course logo bar to get back to home page to go somewhere else

• The “Go to” heart of the course

GO AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK

LECTURE SCHEDULE

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THE LECTURES• MOUNTED EACH FRIDAY FOR 14 DAYS• NO LECTURE LONGER THAN 30

MINUTES, MANY SHORTER• AVERAGE LENGTH – ABOUT 25 MINUTES

• EMBEDDED VIDEOS ONLY PLAY IN THE LEFT HAND WINDOW WHERE I WALK AND TALK

• GO IN EVERY WEEK• REGULAR ATTENDANCE RELATES TO

HIGHER GRADES ON EXAMS

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is a Password– 3111pass

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COMN 3311 Assignment Submissions

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COMN 3311 Assignment Submissions

Professor Dalton KehoeCourse Director

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• We’ve covered the basics of the course.• Please go to tutorial in the first two

weeks and be sure you are on the tutorial list.

• We ask students every year to give advice to new students…it’s always the same:– Keep Up With The Lectures!

IN CONCLUSION

• Enjoy the course.• See you at the exam.

IN CONCLUSION