Undergraduate - UnitMGG1100 - Managerial communication

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Gippsland Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Christine Lee

Synopsis

This unit is designed to develop students' awareness of communication issues within organisational settings and their own capacity as professionals to communicate effectively. The unit emphasises the importance of effective communication both oral and written, introduces models of communication and focuses on communication as process and transaction. Overall the unit is designed to allow students the opportunity to explore the ways in which intrapersonal, interpersonal, group and organisational communication are experienced within organisations.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

describe the major theories underpinning managerial communication
examine the relationships between different managerial communication theories and concepts
discuss managerial communication in the context of organisational examples
compare and contrast verbal and nonverbal messages and examine their impact on interpersonal communication
extend skills in written and oral expression as relevant to the unit assessment tasks.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%+ Examination (2 hours): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Christine Lee

Prohibitions

MGF1100, MGF2111, MGW1100