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Text and Materials




Required


Amazon logo Munter, Mary. Guide to Managerial Communication. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN: 0131467042.

Amazon logo Harvey, Gordon. Writing with Sources: A Guide for Students. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing, 1998. ISBN: 0872204340.



Optional


Amazon logo Williams, Joseph. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995. ISBN: 0226899152.

Amazon logo Kessler, Lauren, and Duncan McDonald. When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1999. ISBN: 0534561330.

Amazon logo Zelazny, Gene. Say It with Charts: The Executives Guide to Visual Communication. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2001. ISBN: 007136997X.

Brent, Douglas. "Indirect Structure and Reader Response." The Journal of Business Communication 22, no. 2 (Spring 1985): 5-8.

Daly, John, and Isa Engleberg. "Coping with Stagefright." Harvard Management Communication Letter 2, no. 6 (June 1999): 1-4.

"Handling Q&A: The Five Kinds of Listening." Harvard Communications Update (February 1999): 6-7.

Von Hoffman, Constantine. "Getting the Most from Presentation Software." Harvard Management Communication Letter 2, no. 6 (June 1999): 7-8.

Barnes, Louis. "Managing Interpersonal Feedback." Harvard Business School Case. Cambridge, MA. 1989. Case No. 9-483-027.

Swift, Marvin H. "Clear Writing Means Clear Thinking Means." Harvard Business Review (January-February, 1973). Cambridge, MA. (Now also a Harvard Business School Case, No. 73111.)




Readings by Lecture Session


All readings listed in the table below are from Munter.


LEC #TOPICSREADINGS
1Introduction to Course
Strategy and Structure
Munter, Mary. "Introduction." pp. 2-17, 159.
2Strategy and Structure (cont.)Munter, Mary. pp. 18-25, 29-33.
3PresentationsMunter, Mary. pp. 86-96, 102-103, 138-151.
4Presentations (cont.)Munter, Mary. pp. 108-137.
5Listening/Giving and Receiving FeedbackMunter, Mary. pp. 152-155.
6WritingMunter, Mary. pp. 35-45, 51-68.
7Writing (cont.)Munter, Mary. pp. 69-85, 166-178.
8Persuasion
9Effective TeamworkMunter, Mary. pp. 97-101.
10Team Meeting
11Cover LettersMunter, Mary. pp. 161-165.
12Interviewing
13Team Meeting
14Individual Conferences/Team Meetings
15Individual Conferences/ Team Meetings (cont.)
16Intercultural Communication
17Intercultural Communication (cont.)
18Report WritingMunter, Mary. pp. 48-49, 160.
19Media Relations: "Wildebeest" CaseMunter, Mary. pp. 106- 107.
20Electronic MediaMunter, Mary. pp. 26-28, 46-47, 104-105.
21Annual 15.279 Business Lunch at the Royal East
22Review of Strategic Communication: "Sunk in Sacramento" Case
23"Sunk in Sacramento" (cont.)
24Presentation on Reports
25Presentation on Reports (cont.)
26Presentation on Reports (cont.)
27Course Wrap-Up

 








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