Organizational Communication

SPC 351 – Introduction to Organizational Communication

Today’s Agenda•Understand the basic definitions of organizational communication.•Discuss the Syllabus including:• Course Policies• Assignments

Would you still be a fan?•Had 10 consecutive losing seasons?•Changed their marketing strategy?•Traded your favorite players?•Built a new stadium on the West Side?•A new owner took over?•Changed the mascot name?•Moved to San Antonio?

What constitutes an organization?

Organizational Elements•Rules & Policies•Leadership•Location•Goals

•RELATIONSHIPS

What is an Organization…

Consciously coordinated social unit composed of two or more

people, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set

of goals

Organizational Communication Defined

The ongoing interactions between individuals that both

create and are effected by organizational identity.

Organizational Identity

Communication

Meaning Making

ApplicationHow has your membership in an organization influenced communication with others?

(Example, you are a football player, so people who know that talk to you differently)

What do we Study?•Systems & Environments•Messages •Flow, Purpose, Direction, Media

•Attitudes & Emotions •Relationships•Skills

Spring 2016 Course Policies

Required

Other materials: A 2 inch binder A spiral bound notebook exclusively for

this course Access to a voice recorder (I will need to

be able to listen to interviews you conduct

Policies•Attendance•Excused Absences•Distraction Free•Notebooks•Professionalism

Assignments

•Participation•Exams & Quizzes•Ethnography

Closing QuestionWhen you look at potential employers, what element of the organization do you focus the most on?

a) Leadership Personalityb) Peers Personalityc) Quality of Past Performanced) Quality of Building and Physical

Space

Next Thursday•Read Miller 1, pages (), Appendix A on Blackboard.•Discuss Organizational Metaphors•Start thinking about an organization you would like to write about.