Managerial Communication Professor Caryn Medved COM 3068

Tell us about you. 0 Name, major, year in school 0 Career Interests (at this moment) 0 Passion. What do you love to do? 0 Something you need to learn about communication and management this semester?

Economic Value of 3068? (one perspective) 0 According to the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), US Businesses and organizational spend over 100$ billion dollars each year developing skills of their workers. 0 Estimated 20% of this sum is on communication skills training = 20 billion dollars per year. 0 What does this tell you??

Besides the money, why 3068? 0 Provide you with a ‘bag of tools’ to draw on during interactions at work. 0 Communication is both a science and art. 0 More effective information gathering, sharing, decision making will make you a better manager. 0 Being a better manager can help you to get the best performance from your employees and 0 Help you to do your job better.

For Tuesday 0 Read through course policies and schedule. 0 Read ‘Defining Organizational Communication’ 0 Post Blog Response for Participation Points #1 (10 points) 0 Start thinking about project options and groups (2-3 students)