Week Fourteen: Technology in the Organization

THERE WILL BE NO CLASS ON APRIL 26TH!
Instead, please sign up for one of the BCAT Orientation sessions: 4/23, 5/2 or 5/20.
(You can find more information by clicking the BCAT link located in the sidebar of this blog.)

Read chapter 13: Communication Technology in the Organization.

- JOURNAL 14 -
Post a reaction to the BCAT filed trip.

Week Thirteen: Superior-Subordinate Communication

This week's class will be taught by guest lecturer Ryan P. Alford. The topics will focus on views of superior-subordinate communication as derived from Machiavelli's "The Prince" and Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." Make sure you have read excerpts from both of these texts prior to class. Reminder: Both texts can be found online by clicking one of the links located in the sidebar of this blog.

COMMUNICATION AUDITS ARE DUE TODAY! PLEASE SEND THEM VIA EMAIL, OR LEAVE A COPY IN MY MAILBOX AT THE DC-37 CAMPUS.
Read chapters 9 and 10: Conflict in the Organization and Superior-Subordinate Communication.

- JOURNAL 13 -
Post a question generated during the guest lecture.

Week Twelve: Workshop 2

- JOURNAL 12 -
Post a summary of your audit findings. Include a description of the problem or area you chose to audit, your audit methodology and what conclusion(s) your audit generated. You do not need to include a flowchart or graphc organizers, but you may wish to include one or two sample interview or survey questions.

Week Eleven: Recruitment and Socialization

- JOURNAL ELEVEN -
Post an example of recruitment or socialization from your life experience. Include a summary of your experience as well as a reaction. Some possible questions to answer include: Was the recruitment process realistic? Did the organization or applicant (that's you!) misrepresent or omit any details? What phase of Organizational Assimilation (144-148) does your experience represent: anticipatory socialization, encounter or metamorphosis? What type of socialization process (150-154) was used: collective or individual; formal or informal; sequential or random; fixed or variable; serial or disjunctive; investiture or divestiture?