GCO1063 - Professional communication

Leader: M Downes-Smith

Offered

Gippsland First semester 2007 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Hong Kong First semester 2007 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Information storage and retrieval. Models of human communication. Analysis models for communication. Organisational communication: structures, communication networks, purposes, formal and informal communication. Written communication: report writing, memoranda, letters, instructions, notices, computing documentation. Oral communication: listening skills, informal meetings, formal meetings, oral presentations, audiovisual communication, interviewing skills. Critical analysis of argument. All aspects of the subject are focused on the needs of IT professionals.

Assessment

Assignments: 50%
Examinations: 50%

Contact hours

4 hours per week

Prohibitions

MMS1001, MGW1100