COM 3893 / MGT 3123: Organizational Communication
Department of Communication
University of Texas at San Antonio

WELCOME TO THE COURSE!
Jamie McDonald, Ph.D. james.mcdonald@utsa.edu Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

Organizational Communication: Textbook
Wordle

Organizational Communication:
“Discovering the Water”
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Topics of concern for organizational communication students and scholars
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Work and occupations
Power and control
Leadership
Conflict
Culture
Identity
Decision-making
Branding
Corporate social responsibility

Organizational Communication:
“Discovering the Water”
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Organizational Communication
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“The process of creating and negotiating collective, coordinated systems of meaning through symbolic practices oriented toward the achievement of organizational goals.”
(Mumby, 2013, p. 15)

Organizational Communication in the News
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“In bullying case, questions on N.F.L. culture” http://orgcominthenews.com/2013/11/06/in-bullying-case-questions-on-n-f-l-culture
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Organizational Communication in the News
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“Hydro One employee fired after yelling
FHRITP at CityNews reporter Shauna
Hunt”

http://orgcominthenews.com/2015/05/12/hydro-one-employee-fired-after-yelling-fhr itp-at-citynews-reporter-shauna-hunt /

Organizational Communication in the News
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“Why the Office is the Worst Place for
Work”

http://orgcominthenews.com/2014/02/16/why-the-office-is-the-worst-place-for-work
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Organizational Communication in the News
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“The Unsung Beauty of Bureaucracy”

http://orgcominthenews.com/2014/02/19/the-unsung-beauty-of-bureaucracy/

Course Assignments and Grades

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Clicker Points and Classroom Citizenship
(15%)
Position Paper (15%)
Organizational Autobiography (20%)
Midterm (25%)
11th
Final Exam (25%)

- Thursday, June
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