(My goal is always to write bright observations on my class readings, but by the time I am falling asleep at the books around midnight the sentences lose their wittiness.) Today's blog is about a stand-alone chapter we got to read, pulled out of a book titled Organizational Communication Diagnosis and Change. We got to … Continue reading Big Terms and small details
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Organizations are Relational
Chapter 4 in my organizational communication text is Relational Strategies of Organizing. It discusses the relational aspects of organizations, and organizational structures that take advantage of them rather than try to control them. The USA, it seems, doesn't generally fare well with relational themes -- we have too much distrust between management and employees. Relational … Continue reading Organizations are Relational
A team of one
(Another class notes blog.) Okay, chapter three of Downs and Adrian is not one I will use during the class: Conducting Team Audits. Unless, of course, I become a team of one. Basic Considerations For being client focused toward a common goal, being too independent or competitive are weaknesses. The rest of the chapter … Continue reading A team of one
Fear not the auditor
The usual response when you mention an audit or auditor is fear. Most people in the USA think of the IRS and a tax audit. Or, like me, if you are in any sort of financial field, or involved in the management of any organization public or private, you think of the annual financial audit. … Continue reading Fear not the auditor
More observations on organizational communication
There is more to chapter 2 of Strategic Organizational Communication: In a Global Economy by Charles Conrad and Marshall Scott Poole than I hit in yesterday's blog. The second part seems to center on organizational communication and diversity. The authors talk about organizations hiring homogenous groups of employees to manage and reduce uncertainty. This isn't a … Continue reading More observations on organizational communication
504: Organizational Communication
Yesterday I started my third eight-week course in my Master's in Communication and Leadership from Gonzaga University. So I don't have much time to read or write anything outside of the class. So, like I did the past two classes, I'm going to pour various thoughts and comments that spun off class materials into my … Continue reading 504: Organizational Communication
Book Club Book makes it into Master’s Class Paper
Today the Avondale United Methodist Church Book Club discussed Paul Collins' The Murder of the Century, a story of a grisly murder in 1897 New York City. It was generally agreed by the group to be a good read. What I didn't mention in the discussion, is that I used the book in a … Continue reading Book Club Book makes it into Master’s Class Paper
Selective Theory
As the final class for my communication master's degree I will have to do a master's thesis or master's project. Some people in my current classes are already talking about different ideas, and the professor is encouraging people to focus early. I haven't found anything specific I want to focus on. Then yesterday I had … Continue reading Selective Theory
Lop-Sided examples
I have an 8-10 page research paper due for my communications class. It is due in 5 weeks. The proposal was due tonight. I just turned it in. I'm not going to talk about the topic of the paper here. What I am going to talk about is something that came up as I was … Continue reading Lop-Sided examples
Thoughts on Digital Nation
Note: This is a write-up I did for my communications class. We were to watch a 90-minute video done by PBS, Digital Nation, then find one point in it to make a counter-argument for. This is what I pulled together. In some of her interview during the Digital Nation broadcast, Turkle made the comment … Continue reading Thoughts on Digital Nation
At The Rainbow 