As I wait for Caryn’s post on the course goals for the future. I thought I would add a few thoughts of my own from our chat.
It still seems as if Technology is an important theme to integrate into COM3068, not just as a theme in of itself but to see how the different org comm theories pass through it or give different viewpoints. I think it is interesting to see how it impacts the workplace socially but also the way work will be changed over the next ten years.
I also like the idea of adding more rhetoric of work and the Parker Follet side. I also like the idea of how the argenti and the clampitt books can still be a part of the course content when used to look at the organization as a whole and how the practice of management is also the way the organization communicates internally and externally. I think though, there is still this back and forth between how much overlap there might be between the business management courses and this course. I would love to see what you think Linda.
I, myself have fought the tendency to bring leadership literature into the course and I feel that this is more prone to the COM3102 course.
But the most important point is… that I am going to take the ACTIVITES PAGE, where I have posted my tests and activities and I am going to PASSWORD protect it. You will all be able to post any activity there, tests, notes, paper topics, etc., and only those who have the password will be able to access it or see it. I will email you all the password. The reason I am doing this is to open up the blog to RSS feed which will allow us to get information and access to other course blogs and websites dealing with the org comm themes and literature.
This means that the blog will be open to them as well. So only the password protected page will be private.
So there you go big moves to come. But what is even bigger is Caryn’, soon to come, post on Goals for fall 09….(pressure ;-0)
Hi Suzanne –
Good idea on the opening up the blog. Is there a way for us to connect with other blogs that are titled *both* managerial communication and organizational communication.
I agree on the centrality of technology as one of our key themes. I think we also talked about 4 key themes: ethics, domestic US diversity (if only bc we have classes devoted to international communication and not enough of a focus on U.S. issues of race, class, gender, etc. in the U.S.), technology, and history (giving students a sense that the a social constructionist perspectives shows us how language and social interaction at and about work continues to change).
Suzanne and I are going to try to work together in the fall (no pressure suzanne;) ha! to thread both reading and practice with new technologies in to my sections of 3068. We’ll let you know as our planning goes forward.
Let me start a new thread though for our Fall goals idea . . .
From Linda:
Thanks, Suzanne. It’s catch-22 re: technology as we continue to have so many problems w/ BBd. here at Baruch. And for weeks now (a couple of weeks last term and continuing during summer session), the dept. printer doesn’t even recognize me when I send a “print” command, though naturally I’ve alerted the usual people. Cherelle tells me it’s a continuing network problem.
Hope your summer is off to a nice start,
Linda