COMS 203: Organisational Communication
A reflection on group communication and processes.
About the course: This course covers a range of perspectives on organisational communication, including analysis of: organisational systems and structures; information networks and flows; power-relations and conflict; and cultural forms. This includes consideration of the practical and ethical issues arising from digital communication and information technologies, and the use of social media in contemporary organisations. Organisational communication practices within Māori and Pasifika contexts are also considered.
Course coordinator: Dr Emma Tennent
Assessment details: A reflection on group communication and processes.
Student work
Mitchell Wood
Reflection:
The course overall was very interactive, with a good portion of each class spent discussing (or communicating!) with each other. This helped to break up the classes so they weren't so draining despite being 2 hours long, but also to cement our learning as we were forced to draw it out as we learned it. Finally, it was a good example of communication in practice!
The assignment was a reflexive report based on our group project regarding communications in the workplace (for which a group project was very fitting!). The group project was only worth a small portion of our grade, however, with the write-up afterward being the more heavily weighted one. This allowed for us to practice workplace communication via the group project, without being heavily reliant on others to excel in the class overall.