COMM335 - Communication in Groups and Teams

Description:
The course examines current theories and best practices of working collaboratively in professional contexts. Students apply these concepts to analyze their own work experience, generating strategies for how to improve their performance in work groups. Students will learn basic project management skills and work in online virtual teams to complete a final communication project.

Outcomes:

• Define group and organizational culture
• Explain major small group communication theories
• Plan and conduct effective task-group meetings
• Apply principles of effective group communication in professional scenarios
• Assess teamwork in the context of an organization
• Apply effective group communication strategies using examples from professional life

Required Text(s):

Linabary, J. R. (Ed.) (2021) Small group communication: Forming and sustaining teams. OER Commons.