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                                                DIVISION OF BUSINESS

 

COURSE SYLLABUS:  MGMT 3310 Managerial Communications –SA01 Fall 2008

San Antonio Campus

 

Instructor:

Dr Barry Evans, Adjunct Faculty

Office:

n/a

Office Phone:

658-8337

Home Phone:

659-2922

Email:

bevans007@satx.rr.com  (preferred means of communication)

Course Web Site:

http://satx.wbu.edu/Barry.Evans/

FAX:

n/a

Office Hours:

 M-Th 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Class Hours:

 Tu 6:00 p.m. to 10:10 p.m.

Class Location:

 LAFB, Bldg 5725, room 238

 

DESCRIPTION: Practical management communications in today’s organizations; application of writing, verbal and nonverbal skills as they relate to management; holding productive meetings, conferences, and interviews; speaking effectively and developing useful organizational skills.

 

PREREQUISITE(s): ENGL 1301 and 1302 or consent of instructor

                       

TEXTBOOK: 

 

BOOK

AUTHOR

ED

YEAR

PUBLISHER

ISBN#

Business Communication

Lesikar & Flatley & Rentz

11th

2008

McGraw-Hill Irwin

978007305036-2

 

OUTCOME COMPETENCIES

Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:

·         Write clear and effective business communications in various forms

·         Give a professional oral presentation on a business topic

·         Communicate effectively across cultures

 

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION: 

 

            Examinations:             mid-term, and final – (100 points each)

  

            Writing Project:          Students will create a professional resume’, cover letter and thank you letter as if applying for a management position  (100 points)         

 

            Oral Presentation:      Students will present a 15 minute business-related topic (approved by instructor) to the class while wearing professional attire and using visual aids (100 points)

 

 

            Attendance and

            Participation:               25 points

 

GRADING:  A = 100 –90, B = 89-80, C= 79-70, D = 69-60, F = 59 and below

 

It is the student’s responsibility to insure all exams are taken.  If you cannot make a scheduled exam, you must notify the instructor in advance.  You will have one week (from the test night to the next scheduled class meeting) to take the makeup exam.  Makeup exams after one week will not be permitted and will result in a test grade of  0.  A copy of the test can be made available in the University office the day after the scheduled exam; however, the WBU office will only schedule makeup exams on Wednesdays.  It is up to the student to call and take the exam during the assigned WBU office hours.

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY:  All students are expected to attend all classes.  When this is not possible, the student should notify the instructor in advance of the absence.  3 absences in one semester is cause for the student to receive an “F” in the course.  Attendance is a component of the course grade

 

STATEMENTS:         “This class will adhere to zero tolerance for using someone else’s work as your own.”

 

            “It is university policy that no otherwise qualified disabled person be excused from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the University. Students should inform the instructor of existing disabilities at the first class meeting”

 

            “Students are responsible for reading, understanding, obeying, and respecting all academic policies, with added emphasis being placed upon academic progress policies, appearing in the Wayland Baptist University Academic Catalog applicable to their curriculum and/or program of study.”

 

COURSE OUTLINE/CALENDAR: 

 

WEEK                                  TOPIC                                                  CHAPTERS

 

1  Aug 19     syllabus, Communication in the workplace,                                   1

                     Adaptation/selection of words                                                      2

 

2 Aug 26     Construction of clear sentences                                                     3         

                    Writing for effect                                                               4

 

            3                Intro to messages and the writing process                            5                                         Directness in good-news/neutral messages                             6

                                    Guest Speaker?? (communicating effectively)       

 

4                 Indirectness in Bad-news messages                                                7                                    

                               Indirectness in Persuation/sales messages                           8

                                    Review for mid-term

 

5                Strategies in Job Search                                                                  9

                        Mid-Term Examination (chapters 1-8)                                                                                

6                Basics of report writing                                                                  10

                  Short reports and proposals                                                            11

             

7                   Long, formal reports                                                                       12

                  Graphics                                                                                         13

                     Guest Speaker ?? (use of graphics in written comm.)  

 

8                Informal oral communication                                                           14

                  Public speaking and oral reporting                                       15                                           

9                Techniques of cross-cultural communication                                    16                    

                 ALL WRITTEN REPORTS DUE

                        Student presentations (A-L)

                         

10              Correctness of communication                                                        17                                Student Presentations (M-Z)

                        Review for final exam

11                   

                    Final Exam (chapters 9-17)