COM 574 Course Schedule (subject to change)
| R 1/12 | Introduction to the course,
each other, the subject matter, and the graduate program • Special guest: Dr. Steven Alan Carr, Director of Graduate Studies (F 1/13 is last day to add – Sun 1/15 is last day for full refund) |
| R 1/19 |
Origins and directions of
organizational communication • Read Putnam & Cheney, 1985 and Mumby & Stohl, 1996 |
| R 1/26 |
On metaphors and
organizations, featuring the machine metaphor and
Introduction to the research assignment • Read Morgan, 1998; Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; and Jenkins, 2007 • Please bring Bourhis, et al., 2009 with you • Research Assignment Distributed |
| R 2/2 |
Organizations as cultures • Read Pacanowsky and O’Donnell-Trujillo, 1982; Carbaugh, 1988; and Rose, 2005 |
| R 2/9 |
More aspects of culture –
Organizational identification and strategic ambiguity • Read Kramer & Berman, 2001; Roeper, 2002; Schmich, 2002; Eisenberg, 1984 and Aeppel, 2002 |
| R 2/16 |
Organizations as sites of
domination • Read Sinclair, 1992; Hoffman & Cowan, 2008; and Joyce, 2003 • Research Proposal Due and Take Home Midterm Distributed |
| R 2/23 |
Organizations as sites of
conflict and superior-subordinate interaction • Read Smith & Eisenberg, 1987; Putnam, 2001; and Kassing, 2000 |
| R 3/1 |
Metaphors of leadership and
Organizations as sites for emotion • Read Barge, 1994; Dougherty & Krone, 2002 and Kramer & Hess, 2002 • Take Home Midterm Due |
| R 3/8 |
No
class – Spring Break |
| R 3/15 |
Organizations as ethical
institutions • Read Nicotera & Cushman, 1992; Mattson & Buzzanell, 1999 and Stephens & Behr, 2002 (F 3/16 is last day to withdraw or change from credit to audit) |
| R 3/22 |
Organizations as change and
Organizations as sensemaking • Read Kotter, 1995; Conger, 1998; Fogg, 2002; Fain, 2004 and Lutgen-Sandvik & McDermott, 2011 |
| R 3/29 |
No class – Central States Communication Association Convention |
| R 4/5 |
Paper workshop • First Draft of Research Paper Due |
| Either R 4/12 or R 4/19 |
Organizations as socializing
• Read Hess, 1993; Myers & Oetzel, 2003; and Alexander, 2002 • The 100th Omnibus Lecture, with a surprise speaker, will be on R 4/12. The College of Arts and Sciences Honors Banquet will be on R 4/19. We'll cancel class on one of those nights. The decision about which one to cancel will be made as these dates draw closer. • Take Home Final Distributed R 4/12 or R 4/19 |
| R 4/26 |
Student presentations • Research Paper Due |
| R 5/3, 6 pm |
Take Home Final Due |
References
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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.
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.
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.
Fain, P. (2004, Dec. 17). Embattled chancellor quits
U. of Missouri at Kansas City. The Chronicle of Higher Education, A34.
Retrieved Jan. 7, 2012 from
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Hess, J. A. (1993). Assimilating newcomers into an organization: A cultural perspective. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 21, 189-210.
Hoffman, M. F., & Cowan, R. L. (2008). The meaning of work/life: A corporate ideology of work/life balance, Communication Quarterly, 56, 227-246.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
Kassing, J. W. (2000). Investigating the relationship
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Kotter, J. P. (1995). Leading change: Why transformation efforts fail. Harvard Business Review, 73(2), 59-67.
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.
Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors
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Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & McDermott, V. (2011).
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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.
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Mumby, D. K, & Stohl, C. (1996). Disciplining organizational communication studies. Management Communication Quarterly, 10, 50-72.
Myers, K. K., & Oetzel, J. G. (2003). Exploring the
dimensions of organizational assimilation: Creating and validating
a measure. Communication
Quarterly, 51, 438-457.
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.
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