2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook

COMM 311 Organizational Development & Consulting

This course develops in students the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively initiate or respond to changes in values, visions, and structures in organizations. Students enrich their abilities to serve as change agents through an introduction to the art and methods of consulting applied to communication problems in organizational settings. Students interested in a consulting career will acquire skills that include personal branding, asking high-value, incisive questions and building strong, long-term client relationships. Communication consulting involves intensive analysis of organizational functions, writing of communication media, and includes such diverse elements as meeting design and facilitation, strategic messaging, large-scale communication event planning and execution, and executive coaching. The course emphasizes the link between communication theory and research applied to organizational practice.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Complete COMM 211

Distribution

Social Analysis