COMM 325H - Introduction to Organizational Communication

Prerequisite, COMM 120. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. The course explores the historical and theoretical developments in the research and practice of organizational communication. Class Notes: COMM 325H.001 | Introduction to Organizational Communication TR, 9:30 am - 10:45 am. Instructor(s): Dennis Mumby. Enrollment = 20. This course will involve a critical examination of the field of organizational communication. We will begin by studying the various theories of organizational behavior that have been developed in the past 100 years, looking at both the elements of each theory and the ways that they have shaped organizational life. The course will examine organizations as complex social structures that exist in equally complex social and political environments. We will explore the nature of work and how it has evolved in recent decades, with particular emphasis on the world of work that students are likely to encounter after graduation. We will also focus on the communication-organization relationship, examining organizations as communication phenomena. Through this communication approach, we will study various contemporary organizational phenomena, such as the new workplace, branding and consumption, leadership, gender and difference, and the meaning of work. CROSSLISTED WITH MNGT 325H. Dennis Mumby is the Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor in the Department of Communication, where he has taught since 2002. From 2005 to 2013 he served as department chair. His research specialty is in the area of organizational communication, where he focuses on issues of power, resistance and identity in the workplace. He is a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association, and has received numerous awards for his research. He feels privileged to be a faculty member at Carolina, and thinks that the students here are the greatest!

Dennis Mumby

Spring 2020, Spring 2017

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