(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
Category: Education
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
Journey to a High School Reunion — Senior Year
In two weeks I will be hauling my family 1,000 miles "back home" to attend my 30th high school reunion. Today I post my final reflective blog on my school years leading up to that high school graduation -- the senior year. The senior year book was dedicated in memory of Van Page. His passing … Continue reading Journey to a High School Reunion — Senior Year
The Houghton Bride Revisited
Okay, for those of you who recognize the allusion/spoof I don't need to explain this, and if I need to explain it, it wouldn't work anyway. You don't need to have gone to Houghton College to enjoy this, but some of the lines make a lot more sense if you have. So enjoy Part 1 … Continue reading The Houghton Bride Revisited
Helping My Son With His Summer School Homework
Today I had Betsy drop Nathan off at River Market Cyclery, to meet me there after work. I had taken his bicycle in for brake work and seat adjustment two Saturday's ago, but had forgotten about it until yesterday. I called this morning to see if the bike was ready -- it was scheduled for … Continue reading Helping My Son With His Summer School Homework
A year of high school in two days…..
Written on Wednesday about 2 p.m. As I sit here in a house that has been without power since the storm passed through around midnight last night, home sick from work, I ponder some odd elements in our educational system. My daughter managed to flunk out of both semesters of American Citizenship during the regular … Continue reading A year of high school in two days…..
At The Rainbow 