2006-08-24

Syllabus

E93/BA 318: BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS IN LEADERSHIP AND NEGOTIATION

Syllabus -- Fall 2006

Dr. Sylvia Y. Rippel Schoemaker, Instructor BA 319
E-mail: http://drsylviaca@gmail.com/
Course blog: http://bcom-cln.blogspot.com


Course Description:
Introduction to the study and practice of business communications in leadership and negotiation. Particular focus is on effective oral and written communication skills as essential in applied business contexts from corporate to global levels.

Required Texts:
Barrett, D. J. (2006). Leadership communication. New York: McGraw-Hill. (ISBN: 0-07-291849-7)

Lewicki, R. J., et al. (2004). Essentials of negotiation (3rd Ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. (ISBN: 0-07-254582-8

Recommended Texts:
Fisher, R., Ury, W., Patton, B. (1991). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in (2nd Ed.).


Ury, W. (1991). Getting past no: Negotiating with difficult people. New York: Bantam.
Anderson, K. (1993). Getting what you want: How to reach agreement and resolve conflict every time. New York: Dutton.

Course Goals:
Primary E93/BA 318 : Communications in Leadership and Negotiation objectives are to improve your ability to comprehend and produce effective written and oral business communications for leadership and negotiation purposes; to evaluate business communications within appropriate contexts; and to apply systematic communicative language processing strategies for critical thinking, problem solving, conflict resolution, decision making, goal setting and attainment.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Learn to analyze the communicator, audience, purpose, context, and strategies of business communications in functional settings.
2. Select appropriate content, style and organization for varied situations.
3. Recognize appropriate presentation formats and techniques, and apply effective strategies in varied situations.
4. Become aware of tone and style choices in varied communications.
5. Gain experience in group projects.
6. Evaluate accurately the communications of self and others.
7. Reach concord in difficult situations
8. Provide appropriate leadership strategies in individual and group contexts.
9. Learn and apply appropriate strategies in leadership and negotiation

Text goals:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

Demonstrate competency in the fundamentals of business communications in leadership and negotiations.
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic patterns of business messages as appropriate to dynamic contexts.
Understand oral interpersonal communication including one-on-one, small-group communication, and public presentation.
Demonstrate understanding of cross-cultural communication.
Understand and use business communication technology.
Apply best practices in current functional business communication contexts

Course Policies:
Material will be presented primarily in the form of lectures and discussions, readings, assignments from the text and, and relevant A/V and Interenet materials. Lectures will cover the points to be learned and will direct your study from the text; however some material will be presented in class that is not in the text. Thus, you should attend class, pay attention while there, and take notes over the material. In addition to class study, you should plan on spending significant time outside of class for preparation and review. All assignments are to be completed punctually and with appropriate attential to quality. Oral and written quizzes on chapters should be expected and will be given as required.

Grading
Your grade will be determined based upon the total points earned on examinations, quizzes, and course papers.

A Excellent = 90.0% to 100%
B Good = 80.0% to 89.9%
C Fair = 70.0% to 79.9%
D Passing = 60.0% to 69.9%
F Failing < name="RANGE!A6:I65">

Reading Assignments:
L
: Barrett, D. J. (2006) Leadership Communication. New York: McGraw-Hill. (ISBN: 0-07-291849-7)
N: Lewicki, R. J., et al. (2004) Essentials of Negotiation. Third Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. (ISBN: 0-07-254582-8) (Note: may change to 4th edition if available)

Wk Topic

  1. Introduction
    L1: What is Leadership Communication?
    N1: The Nature of Negotiation
  2. L2: Creating Leadership Documents
    N2: Negotiation: Strategizing,Framing, and Planning
  3. L3:Using Language to Achieve Leadership Purpose
  4. N2: Negotiation: Strategizing,Framing, and Planning
  5. L4: Developing and Delivering Leadership Presentations
    L5: Using Graphics and PowerPoint for a Leadership Edge
  6. L6: Developing EQ and Cultural Literacy to Strengthen Leadership Communication
  7. N3: Strategy and Tactics of Distributive Bargaining
  8. N4: Strategy and Tactics of Integrative Negotiation
  9. Midterm
    L7: Leading Productive Management Meetings
  10. L8: Building and Leading High Performance Teams
    N5: Perception, Cognition, and Communication
  11. L9: Establishing Leadership through Strategic Internal Communication
  12. L10: Leading through Effective External Relations
    N6: Finding and Using Negotiation Leverage
  13. L10: Leading through Effective External Relations
  14. N7: Ethics in Negotiation
  15. N8: Global Negotiation
    N9: Managing Difficult Negotiations: Individual Approaches
  16. Final

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