Davis A. Foulger, Ph. D.

Visiting
Professor
Fall, 2005-Spring, 2006
and Fall 2001-Spring 2003

COM 365: Organizational Communication

Semester Syllabus - Spring, 2006

10:20am- 11:15am MWF
Lanigan 107a

Course Overview / Lecture Notes

Session

Day

Date

Topic

Assignment

1

Fri

Jan 27

Welcome to Oswego BOINCorp

None

2

Mon

Jan 30

The Dialectics of Organizational Communication.

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 1;
Tompkins, Preface and Introduction.

3

Wed

Feb 1

Organizational Communication Research: An Introduction.

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 2, Appendix (p. 365-374).

4

Fri

Feb 3

Missed Class  

5

Mon

Feb 5

Viewing the Organization as a Communication Ecology

Tompkins, c. 1, 2

6

Wed

Feb 6

Communication in Classical Management Theory: Scientific Management and Bureaucracy

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 3, p. 53-67

7

Fri

Feb 8

Relationships and Resources: Engaging the Employee

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 3, p. 67-91.

8

Mon

Feb 13

Communication and the Constituents of Managerial Climate

Tompkins, c. 3

9

Wed

Feb 15

The Systems Perspective

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 4

10

Fri

Feb 17

When things go wrong: Changing the System

Taylor et al,, c. 1

11

Mon

Feb 20

When things go right: Discovering the System

Tompkins, c. 4

12

Wed

Feb 22

Communication and Organizational Culture

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 5

13

Fri

Feb 24

When things go serious wrong

Tompkins, c. 5

14

Mon

Feb 27

Communication and Structuration

Taylor et al, c. 2

15

Wed

Mar 1

The Critical Analysis of Organizational Communication

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 6

16

Fri

Mar 3

Making Things Go Wrong: Systemic Communication Failures

Tompkins, c. 6

17

Mon

Mar 6

Making Things Go Right: Designing Communication for Success

Taylor et al, c. 3;
Short Paper 1 Due

18

Wed

Mar 8

Analyzing Organizational Failure

Tompkins, c. 7;
Revised Short Paper 1 Due

19

Fri

Mar 10

Alternatives to Hierarchy

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 7;
Exploring the Roles in Media

-

Mar 11-19

Spring Recess

20

Mon

Mar 20

The Experience of Work

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 8

21

Wed

Mar 22

Mid-Term

 

22

Fri

Mar 24

Structuration and Change in the Organizational Workplace

Taylor et al, c. 4, 5

23

Mon

Mar 27

Structuration and Change in the Organizational Workplace (continued)

Taylor et al, c. 4, 5

24

Wed

Mar 29

The Dimensions of Interpersonal Relationships in the Workplace

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 9 (p. 233-253)

25

Fri

Mar 31

The Dialectics of Control

Taylor et al, c. 6 (p. 133-154).

26

Mon

Apr 3

Leadership, Boundaries, and Conflict

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 9, p. 253-274

27

Wed

Apr 5

Communication as Value in the Workplace

Tompkins, c. 8

28

Fri

Apr 7

No Class

29

Mon

Apr 10

The Experience of Work (continued) No reading;
Short Paper 2 Due.

30

Wed

Apr 12

Communicating in Teams and Networks.

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 10, 275-296

-

Fri

Apr 14

Good Friday

31

Mon

Apr 17

Group Project Presentations  

-

Wed

Apr 19

Quest Day and Honors Convocation. Plan to Attend.

32

Fri

Apr 21

Group Project Presentations  

33

Mon

Apr 24

Adaptive Structuration Theory

Taylor et al, c. 7

34

Wed

Apr 26

Communication in Informal Networks

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 10, p. 296-309

35

Fri

Apr 28

No Class: At ECA. Term Paper Working Day

36

Mon

May 1

Organizational Reengineering

Taylor et al, c. 8;
Term Paper Draft Due

37

Wed

May 3

Communication and Strategically Positioning

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 11, p.310-320

38

Fri

May 5

Organizational Development

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 11, p. 320-334

39

Mon

May 8

Technology, the Future, and the Ethical Organization.

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 11, p. 334-344

40

Wed

May 10

Integrity and Mindfulness in Organizational Communication

Eisenberg and Goodall, c. 12

41

Fri

May 12

The Implications of Organizational Communication Practice

Tompkins, c. 9

Final

Mon

May 15

Final Exam: 10:30am