This seminar will enable students to understand the foundational and current research trends in the theories and practices of the lifeblood of all organizations: communication. The course covers the nexus between theory and practice, enhances students’ critical thinking ability, develops their organizational diagnostic and analytical skills through the study of organizational processes and structures, enables them to carry out research on organizational communication and ultimately prescribes solutions to communication problems in organizations.

Purpose of the course

This is a survey course designed to expose graduate students to organizational communication theory in practice. This course emphasizes the applied nature of organizational communication using foundational and current research in the field. Throughout the semester, well also direct our attention to understanding relevant research designs and methodologies for studying communication in organizations.