COM 574 Course Schedule (subject to change)
 

R 8/28	Introduction to the course, each other, and the subject matter
(F 8/29	Last day to add – Sun 8/31 is last day for full refund)
R 9/4	Introduction to the graduate program; Origins and directions of organizational communication  • Special guest: Dr. Steven Alan Carr, Director of Graduate Studies • Read Putnam & Cheney, 1985 and Mumby & Stohl, 1996
R 9/11	On metaphors and organizations, featuring the machine metaphor and Introduction to the research assignment • Read Morgan, 1998a ; Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; and Jenkins, 2007. • Please bring Bourhis, et al., 2009 with you • Research Assignment Distributed
R 9/18	Organizations as cultures • Read  Pacanowsky and O’Donnell-Trujillo, 1982; Carbaugh, 1988; and Rose, 2005
R 9/25	More aspects of culture – Organizational identification and strategic ambiguity • Read Cheney, 1983; Kramer & Berman, 2001; Roeper, 2002; Schmich, 2002; Eisenberg, 1984 and Aeppel, 2002
R 10/2	Organizations as sites of domination • Read Morgan, 1998b; Sinclair, 1992; and Joyce, 2003 • Research Proposal Due • Take Home Midterm Distributed
R 10/9	No class – Yom Kippur
R 10/16	Organizations as sites of conflict • Read Smith & Eisenberg, 1987 and Putnam, 2001 • Take Home Midterm Due
R 10/23	Metaphors of leadership and Organizations as ethical institutions • Read Barge, 1994; Nicotera & Cushman, 1992; Mattson & Buzzanell, 1999 and Stephens & Behr, 2002
R 10/30	Organizations as sites for emotion • Read Dougherty & Krone, 2002 and Kramer & Hess, 2002
(F 10/31	Last day to withdraw)
R 11/6	Organizations as change and Organizations as global entities • Read Kotter, 1995; Conger, 1998; Fogg, 2002; Nadesan, 2001 and Longworth, 2008.
R 11/13	Paper workshop • First Draft of Research Paper Due
R 11/20	No class – National Communication Association Convention
R 11/27	No class – Thanksgiving
R 12/4	Organizations as socializing • Read Barge & Schlueter, 2004; Hess, 1993 and Alexander, 2002 • Take Home Final Distributed
R 12/11	Student presentations • Research Paper Due
M 12/15	Take Home Final Due, 4:30 PM

Alexander, K. L.  (2002, Apr. 21).  Cultivating a culture: Companies see strong link between worker attitudes, profits.  Washington Post.  Retrieved Apr. 21, 2002 from http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A19379-2002Apr20?language=printer.

Aeppel, T.  (2002, July 1).  On factory floors, top workers hide know-how from managers.  The Wall Street Journal, pp. A1, A10.

Barge, J. K.  (1994).  Putting leadership back to work. Management Communication Quarterly, 8, 95-109.

Barge, J. K., and Schlueter, D. W. (2004). Memorable messages and newcomer socialization.  Western Journal of Communication, 68, 233-256.

Bourhis, J., Adams, C., & Titsworth, S.  (2009).  Style manual for communication studies (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Carbaugh, D.  (1988).  Cultural terms and tensions in the speech at a television station.  Western Journal of Speech Communication, 52, 216-237.

Cheney, G.  (1983).  The rhetoric of identification and the study of organizational communication.  Quarterly Journal of Speech, 69, 143-158.

Conger, J. A.  (1998).  The necessary art of persuasion. Harvard Business Review, 76(3), 84-95.

Dougherty, D. S., & Krone, K. J.  (2002).  Emotional intelligence as organizational communication: An examination of the construct.  Communication Yearbook, 26, 202-229.

Eisenberg, E. M.  (1984).  Ambiguity as strategy in organizational communication.  Communication Monographs, 51, 227-242.

Hess, J. A.  (1993).  Assimilating newcomers into an organization: A cultural perspective.  Journal of Applied Communication Research, 21, 189-210.

Joyce, A.  (2003, Nov. 23).  When higher-ups love shaking down: Some employers go too far when looking for 'voluntary' donations.  Washington Post, p. F6.  Retrieved Nov. 24, 2003 from http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A5599-2003Nov22?language=printer

Kramer, M. W., & Berman, J. E.  (2001).  Making sense of a university’s culture: An examination of undergraduate students’ stories. Southern Communication Journal, 66, 297-311.

Kramer, M. W., & Hess, J. A.  (2002), Communication rules for the display of emotions in organizational settings.  Management Communication Quarterly, 16, 66-80.

Kotter, J. P.  (1995).  Leading change: Why transformation efforts fail.  Harvard Business Review, 73(2), 59-67.

Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M.  (1980).  Metaphors we live by (pp. 3-32).  Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Longworth, R. C.  (2008, Jan. 6).  Can the Midwest regain its economic clout? [Electronic version]. Chicago Tribune Magazine.  Retrieved January 13, 2008 from www.chicagotribune.com/features/magazine/chi-mxa0106magglobaljan06,1,910877.stor.

Mattson, M. & Buzzanell, P. M.  (1999). Traditional and feminist organizational communication ethical analyses of messages and issues surrounding an actual job loss case. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 27, 49-72.

Morgan, G.  (1998a).  Mechanization takes command: Organizations as machines.  In Images of organization: The executive edition (pp. 17-33).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Morgan, G.  (1998b).  The ugly face: Organizations as instruments of domination.  In Images of organization: The executive edition (pp. 259-295).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Mumby, D. K, & Stohl, C.  (1996).  Disciplining organizational communication studies.  Management Communication Quarterly, 10, 50-72.

Nadesan, M. H. (2001). Fortune on globalization and the new economy.  Management Communication Quarterly, 14, 498-506.

Nicotera, A. M., & Cushman, D. P. (1992). Organizational ethics : A within-organization view. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 20, 437-462.

Pacanowsky, M. E., & O’Donnell-Trujillo, N.  (1982).  Communication and organizational cultures.  Western Journal of Speech Communication, 46, 115-130.

Putnam, L. L.  (2001).  The language of opposition: Challenges in organizational dispute resolution.  In W. F. Eadie & P. E. Nelson (Eds.), The language of conflict and resolution (pp. 10-20).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Putnam, L. L., & Cheney, G.  (1985).  Organizational communication: historical development and future directions.  In T. W. Benson (Ed.), Speech communication in the 20th century  (pp. 130-156).  Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.

Roeper, R.  (2002, Apr. 1).  Big school grads have fewer chips to shoulder.  Chicago Sun-Times.  Retrieved Apr. 1, 2002 from http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep01.html.

Rose, B.  (2005, Feb. 13).  AT&T was more than a company to employees ; They responded to 'the telephone company's' worker-friendly culture with loyalty, idealism.  Chicago Tribune.  Retrieved Feb. 13, 2005 from http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0502130038feb13,1,2759074.story?coll=chi-business-hed.

Schmich, M.  (2002, June 30).  Better be careful how you invest your loyalty.  Chicago Tribune, sec. 1, p. 15.

Sinclair, A.  (1992).  The tyranny of a team ideology. Organization Studies, 13, 611-626.

Smith, R. C., & Eisenberg, E. M.  (1987).  Conflict at Disneyland: A root-metaphor analysis.  Communication Monographs, 54, 367-380.

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