Note: the syllabus is a living document. It could change and probably will.
Instructor: Dr. Libby Hemphill
Office: 214 Siegel Hall
The introduction of globalization, organizational communication and the quality of work life that the book introduces us to really tries to portray a wide image of how the world and its various economies have been shaped and reshaped as the needs of corporations…
Workers in disadvantaged regions of Indonesia and China appreciate large corporations coming into their communities because they bring a large number of jobs. These people are happy to work for ten cents an hour when they need those ten cents to buy rice to feed their…
Reading Assignment: Preface, Chapter 1
Watching Assignment: The Corporation
Writing Assignment: 1 Medium Post, due 09:00 am Tuesday 1/19 (one day later than usual because of MLK Day)
Each week, before 9am on Monday, you need to post a story to Medium about the week’s readings/watchings. The exact format of your story is up to you. You can even post a link to a video blog as your story. I use the terms story, blog post, and essay interchangeably. Your posts…
Reading Assignment: Chapter 2
Watching Assignment: none, though many episodes of Scandal may be interesting to think about
Choosing to not ask “How are you?” but rather asking a more personal question when you see someone is a good way to become more mindful as an individual. An organization can become more mindful through consciously considering their communication strategies and analyzing…
My name is Andrea and I am a first year graduate student. I graduated from Illinois Tech last May with a Bachelor in Technical Communication with a specialization in web design. I am very excited to participate in this course.
Like Steve and Nicole, I am also recently engaged.
· Why would I assign Foucault and Office Space in the same week? What can Office Space teach us about resistance, discipline, and power?
Chapter 8, Teams and Networks: Communication and Collaborative Work, discusses some more recent research and theory about organizational communication and focuses explicitly on engagement and participation in organizations. These theories…