1. COMN 3111 3.0 Organizational Communication Lecture 1a
WELCOME!

2. WE STUDY ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR LIVES IN THEM.
ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE PRODUCTS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION AND ONCE CREATED, THEY SHAPE HOW WE TALK AND WITH WHOM WE TALK.
KNOWING HOW THEY WORK AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITHIN THEM IS ESSENTIAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.

3. WE WILL BEGIN WITH
A SHORT REVIEW OF A VERY BASIC MODEL OF IP COMMUNICATION
FOCUS ON THE TYPE AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONS
WHAT FUNCTIONS DOES COMMUNICATION – OF WHATEVER TYPE – SERVE IN ORGANIZING?
REVIEW HOW COMMUNICATION TYPES CHANGE AS ORGANIZATIONS GROW – FROM
PURELY FACE-TO-FACE TALK – MUTUAL ADJUSTMENT – TO
AN EMPHASIS ON WRITTEN DOCUMENTS – TEXT ON PAGE AND NOW TEXT ON SCREEN.
ALSO WE WILL KEEP COMING BACK TO THE PROBLEM OF COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD – TOO MUCH INFORMATION -AND HOW ORGANIZATIONS DEAL WITH THIS. HOW THEY CHANGE.

4. COMN 3111 IS A BLENDED LEARNING COURSE
COMBINES ELEMENTS OF “LIVE” FACE-TO-FACE TEACHING
A ONE HOUR PER WEEK TUTORIAL YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR AND ATTEND
PLUS CONTENT DELIVERED ON LINE
COURSE LECTURES HAVE BEEN VIDEOSTREAMED AND ARCHIVED
AVAILABLE ON A WEEKLY BASIS ON THE COURSE WEB SITE.

5. THIS COURSE IS TIME-TESTED
FOR NINE YEARS WE HAVE DEVELOPED TESTED AND RUN THIS COURSE
IT’S RATED VERY HIGHLY BY THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN IT
IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE CONTENT, THE TEACHING AND THE ON- LINE EXPERIENCE
WE HOPE YOU WILL ALSO LEARN AND ENJOY

6. ONE TEXT REQUIRED
Organizational Communication: Selected Readings by Dalton Kehoe, Pearson Education Canada, Custom Publication, 2012.

7. COURSE TEXT Available Two Places York Book store OR
Discount Text Books has some
4699 Keele St. (in Plaza across from the main entrance to York on Keele - Last unit south next to Tim Horton’s)
Cheaper than York

8. Course Web Site http://comn3111.thetalkpage.com
“Back to Home” navigation –
once inside the site always click on course logo bar to get back to home page to go somewhere else
The “Go to” heart of the course

9. GO AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK

12. LECTURE SCHEDULE

15. The First Thing You’ll See
The video is being mounted on your desktop!

16. The Next Thing You’ll See
COMN 3311
COMMUNICAITON IN ORGANIZATIONS
The video starts playing automatically.
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17. THE LECTURES MOUNTED EACH FRIDAY FOR 14 DAYS
NO LECTURE LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES, MANY SHORTER
AVERAGE LENGTH – ABOUT 25 MINUTES
EMBEDDED VIDEOS ONLY PLAY IN THE LEFT HAND WINDOW WHERE I WALK AND TALK
GO IN EVERY WEEK
REGULAR ATTENDANCE RELATES TO HIGHER GRADES ON EXAMS

19. Only Course Password For the Additional Readings there is a Password

20. AGAIN, THAT’S
3111pass

21. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS

24. COMN 3311 Assignment Submissions To submit essays electronically:
Enter name and student number
Choose your TA
Paste your essay into the appropriate area
Please note: You are still required to hand in a
hard copy of your work

25. COMN 3311 Assignment Submissions
You will receive a confirmation number after you submit your assignment.
Don’t wait until the last minute to send in your paper.
If the system closes you out at 11:59 pm on the night of the due date, it’s the system clock that counts not the clock on your computer.

27. Professor Dalton Kehoe Course Director
Links to Teaching Team Members

28. ProfTalk

29. IN CONCLUSION We’ve covered the basics of the course.
Please go to tutorial in the first two weeks and be sure you are on the tutorial list.
We ask students every year to give advice to new students…it’s always the same:
Keep Up With The Lectures!

30. IN CONCLUSION
Enjoy the course.
See you at the exam.