David Eccles School of Business



David Eccles School of Business

Outline for MGT6052 Business Communication Fall 2006

Professor: Kathryn A. Cañas, Ph.D.

Section Two—Every other week all semester: Total of 15 Class Meetings

Week One—Introductions and Advanced Public Speaking

Monday, August 28

• Introductions: What would surprise us about you?

• Discussion of course, assignments, activities

• Discussion: Effective communication skills—how important?

Wednesday, August 30

• Lecture/Discussion: Advanced Public Speaking I

• Reading Due: Nick Morgan’s “The Kinesthetic Speaker: Putting Action into Words”

• Reading Due: Jay A. Conger’s “The Necessary Art of Persuasion”

Week Two—Advanced Public Speaking

Monday, September 11

• Lecture/Discussion: Advanced Public Speaking II

• Reading Due: “Storytelling: That Moves People” (A Conversation with Screenwriting

    Coach Robert McKee)

• Exercise: Tell us a story: “My scariest, most embarrassing, or funniest moment”

Wednesday, September 13

• Activity: The Elevator Speech (10 percent)

Week Three—Written Communication

Monday, September 25

• Guest Panel: “Testimony from Successful Entrepreneurs: Effective Communication and Leadership”

Wednesday, September 27

• Lecture/Discussion: Written Communication I

• Reading Due: John Clayton’s “The Ten Principles of Good Business Writing”

Week Four—Written Communication

Monday, October 9

• Lecture/Discussion: Written Communication II: The Cover Letter

Wednesday, October 11

• Peer Evaluations of Written Assignment—The Cover Letter

   (Please bring hard copy of assignment for peer review)

Week Five—Effective Coaching

Monday, October 23

• Lecture/Discussion: Effective Coaching I

• Reading Due: Marshal J. Cook’s Effective Coaching—Chapters 1 to 6

• Reading Due: Holly Weeks’ “Taking The Stress Out of Stressful Conversations”

• Film Analysis: “Hoosiers”

• Written Document Due (20 percent)

   

Wednesday, October 25

• Lecture/Discussion: Effective Coaching II

• Reading Due: Marshall J. Cook’s Effective Coaching—Chapters 7 to 13

• Film Analysis: “Hoosiers”

Week Six—Effective Coaching and Meeting Management

Monday, November 6

• Interpersonal Problem-Solving Role Play (10 percent)

(Please prepare for role play; all students are videotaped)

Wednesday, November 8

• Lecture/Discussion: Facilitating/Meeting Management (Guest Speaker)

Week Seven—Individual Persuasive Presentations

Monday, November 20

• Individual Persuasive Presentations (25 percent)

• Speech Outline (10 percent)

(This includes a five-minute speech, Q&A, verbal and written feedback, and videotaping)

Wednesday, November 22

• Individual Persuasive Presentations (25 percent)

• Speech Outline (10 percent)

(This includes a five-minute speech, Q&A, verbal and written feedback, and videotaping)

Week Eight—Individual Persuasive Presentations

Monday, December 4

• Individual Persuasive Presentations (25 percent)

• Speech Outline (10 percent)

(This includes a five-minute speech, Q&A, verbal and written feedback, and videotaping)

NOTE: The Communication Skills Self-Assessment is Due During Final’s Week (25 percent)

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