Communication for Executives (Spring 2005)

4/1/2005

Agenda for April 2

Filed under: Weekly Agendas — DrKarper @ 8:36 pm

Genres: Meetings

  • Group 1 Leader: Alyssa
  • Group 2 Leader: Donna
  • Group 3 Leader: Jason
  • Group 4 Leader: Salvatore
Oral Presentation: Julie Spagnolo

Principles: When Communication Goes Awry

Principles: Choosing and Using Communication TechnologiesPrinciples: Designing and Using Visuals
  • Handout: Tufte on Principles of Visual Communication
  • Considering and designing visuals for your project
Principles: Document Design Principles: Revising, Responding and Editing
  • Revising strategies
  • Editing and proofreading strategies
  • Using Microsoft Word to respond to writing
  • Working in groups to respond to reports
Assignments for Next Week

Reading

Clampitt 11

Writing

Weekly memo

Report/Presentation

Final versions of report and presentation are due. You will give your oral presentations in class.

3/18/2005

CLASS CANCELLED FOR MARCH 19

Filed under: Weekly Agendas — DrKarper @ 9:56 pm

Dear Students,

Due to events beyond my control, I have been stranded in Pittsburgh until tomorrow afternoon. (My flight to Buffalo was cancelled this evening.) This means that we cannot meet as a class. I apologize for this, and will do my best to make sure that you receive the necessary course instruction during our other two meetings.

Please do the following this week and in the upcoming two weeks:

1) Look over the March 19 agenda.

2) Download the PowerPoint presentations on the agenda and read over them. Prepare any questions that you might have for the next class.

3) Download and complete the three cases (Information Hoarding, Spanning Boundaries, Implementing A Change) and e-mail the deliverables to the instructor. For the case that asks you to work in groups, please complete it individually and send the instructor the PowerPoint presentation that you have created. You should be able to get into the 105 computer lab at noon if you would like to stay on campus and work.

4) Please complete the reading and writing assignments (minus the O’Rourke chapter) for our next meeting on April 2nd. When we meet again, we’ll conduct our meetings and conference calls and catch up on what we missed as well as moving on to the next set of topics.

Thank you for your patience. I hope to return graded assignments to you by email in the next week.

Sincerely,

Dr. Karper

Agenda for March 19

Filed under: Weekly Agendas — DrKarper @ 10:36 am

Genres: Meetings

  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Mock Meetings
    • Group 1 Leader: Alyssa
    • Group 2 Leader: Donna
    • Group 3 Leader: Jason
    • Group 4 Leader:Salvatore
Genres: Written Communication Principles: Managing InformationPrinciples: Communicating Across Boundaries Principles: Communicating About ChangeGenres: Reports

Assignments for Next Week

Reading

  • Clampitt 5
  • O’Rourke 6 (handed out in class)
  • Veech 6
Writing
  • Weekly memo
  • Draft of report
Report/Presentation
Please have a draft of your report done and bring it to class in electronic format.

3/11/2005

Agenda for March 12

Filed under: Weekly Agendas — DrKarper @ 9:39 am

Agenda

Communication Roles for ManagementPrinciples: Speaking Principles: Listening and FeedbackPrinciples: Communicating Corporate CulturePrinciples: Communicating Corporate EthicsGenres: General Principles for Written CommunicationGenres: ReportsAssignments for Next WeekReading
  • O’Rourke 5 and 11 (Given out in class)
  • Veech 4
  • Clampitt 6, 8-9
Writing
  • Weekly Memo
  • Based on assigned topics, prepare an agenda for a meeting. E-mail the instructor the agenda – I’ll pick one person from each topic group to be the leader and we’ll use that person’s agenda for the meeting.
Report and Presentation
  • Research report and compile list of possible sources.
  • Begin drafting report.

3/4/2005

Agenda for March 5

Filed under: Weekly Agendas — DrKarper @ 3:09 pm

Introduction to the course and assignments

Why study business communication? Principles and Terms in Business CommunicationGenres of Business CommunicationAnalyzing Communication Contexts Communication RolesThe Communication ProcessCommunicating in GroupsStrategies for Responding to Communication

Using Case Studies

  • Guidelines Discussion
Case Study: The “Communication President”Assignments for Next Week
Reading
  • Clampitt: Chapters 1-4
  • Veech: Chapters 1-3
  • O’Rourke 4 (Given out in class)
WritingReport/Presentation
  • Choose a topic for your report and send an email to the instructor with your possible topic
  • Begin doing research for your report (see resources on class Web site)
Two volunteers are needed for next week to participate in an exercise.

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