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COMN 3111 3.0Organizational Communication
Lecture 1a
WELCOME!
• WE STUDY ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR LIVES IN THEM.
• ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE PRODUCTS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION AND ONCE CREATED, THEY SHAPE HOW WE TALK AND WITH WHOM WE TALK.
• KNOWING HOW THEY WORK AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITHIN THEM IS ESSENTIAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
• WE WILL BEGIN WITH – A SHORT REVIEW OF A VERY BASIC MODEL OF IP
COMMUNICATION– FOCUS ON THE TYPE AND FUNCTIONS OF
COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONS• WHAT FUNCTIONS DOES COMMUNICATION – OF WHATEVER TYPE –
SERVE IN ORGANIZING?– REVIEW HOW COMMUNICATION TYPES CHANGE AS
ORGANIZATIONS GROW – FROM • PURELY FACE-TO-FACE TALK – MUTUAL ADJUSTMENT – TO • AN EMPHASIS ON WRITTEN DOCUMENTS – TEXT ON PAGE AND
NOW TEXT ON SCREEN.• ALSO WE WILL KEEP COMING BACK TO THE PROBLEM OF
COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD – TOO MUCH INFORMATION -AND HOW ORGANIZATIONS DEAL WITH THIS. HOW THEY CHANGE.
COMN 3111 IS A BLENDED LEARNING COURSE
• COMBINES ELEMENTS OF “LIVE” FACE-TO-FACE TEACHING
• A ONE HOUR PER WEEK TUTORIAL YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR AND ATTEND
• PLUS CONTENT DELIVERED ON LINE• COURSE LECTURES HAVE BEEN
VIDEOSTREAMED AND ARCHIVED• AVAILABLE ON A WEEKLY BASIS ON THE
COURSE WEB SITE.
THIS COURSE IS TIME-TESTED
• FOR NINE YEARS WE HAVE DEVELOPED TESTED AND RUN THIS COURSE
• IT’S RATED VERY HIGHLY BY THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN IT– IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE
CONTENT, THE TEACHING AND THE ON- LINE EXPERIENCE
• WE HOPE YOU WILL ALSO LEARN AND ENJOY
ONE TEXT REQUIRED
• Organizational Communication: Selected Readings by Dalton Kehoe, Pearson Education Canada, Custom Publication, 2012.
COURSE TEXT• Available Two Places
– York Book store– OR– Discount Text Books has some– 4699 Keele St. (in Plaza across from the
main entrance to York on Keele - Last unit south next to Tim Horton’s)
– Cheaper than York
Course Web Site
• http://comn3111.thetalkpage.com• “Back to Home” navigation –
– once inside the site always click on course logo bar to get back to home page to go somewhere else
• The “Go to” heart of the course
GO AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK
LECTURE SCHEDULE
The video is being mounted on your desktop!
The First Thing You’ll See
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COMN 3311 COMMUNICAITON IN
ORGANIZATIONSThe video starts playing automatically.
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THE LECTURES• MOUNTED EACH FRIDAY FOR 14 DAYS• NO LECTURE LONGER THAN 30
MINUTES, MANY SHORTER• AVERAGE LENGTH – ABOUT 25 MINUTES
• EMBEDDED VIDEOS ONLY PLAY IN THE LEFT HAND WINDOW WHERE I WALK AND TALK
• GO IN EVERY WEEK• REGULAR ATTENDANCE RELATES TO
HIGHER GRADES ON EXAMS
Only Course Password• For the Additional Readings there
is a Password– 3111pass
AGAIN, THAT’S
SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS
To submit essays electronically:•Enter name and student number•Choose your TA•Paste your essay into the appropriate area•Please note: You are still required to hand in a hard copy of your work
COMN 3311 Assignment Submissions
You will receive a confirmation number after you submit your assignment.Don’t wait until the last minute to send in your paper.If the system closes you out at 11:59 pm on the night of the due date, it’s the system clock that counts not the clock on your computer.
COMN 3311 Assignment Submissions
Professor Dalton KehoeCourse Director
Links to Teaching Team Members
ProfTalk
• We’ve covered the basics of the course.• Please go to tutorial in the first two
weeks and be sure you are on the tutorial list.
• We ask students every year to give advice to new students…it’s always the same:– Keep Up With The Lectures!
IN CONCLUSION
• Enjoy the course.• See you at the exam.
IN CONCLUSION