Course Title : Organization Communication
Code Course
Type		 Regular
Semester		 Lecture
(hours/week)		 Seminar
(hours/week)		 Lab
(hours/week)		 Credits ECTS
COM 351-1 D 5 3 0 0 3.00 5
Lecturer and Office Hours
Teaching Assistant and Office Hours
Language Albanian
Course Level
Description Organizational communication is a field of study that deals with the interaction, coordination and relations between individuals in a group, company or organization. Further some basic concepts of organizational behavior are analyzed. Now it is represented as a field of research and interdisciplinary knowledge, dedicated to understanding and better management of people at work. The concepts of the organization, structure, organization, planning, motivation, values, ethics and assessments are discussed, all in view of organizational behavior, which the focus is on the contribution of organizational communication. During this course the students is given the opportunity from the perspective of media workers, to see the effectiveness of the working organization related to the communication from the individual level, group, to public discourse and that kind of communication that results in effective problem solving and taking a decision, at an organizational level.
Objectives This course will help students to: - better recognize organizations and the experience of students as well, as a member of an organization - increase communicative qualities that are important for the organization - learn the techniques and specifications of group communication and relationships between the leader and members, the way of transmission of messages and the motivation in the organization - learn how to pass a moment of management crisis of a group or company. -develop values and ethics, professional attitudes and personal skills needed for their preparation as communication specialists in the organization.
Course Outline
WeekTopics
1Concepts and theories of organizational communication
2Organizational communication structure
3Theories of organization and organizational management
4Communication and organizational culture
5Theories of organizational culture - Pacanoësky
6Management levels of the organization
7Organization-planning-management
8Midterm Exam
9Individual - organization personality
10Motivation in organization
11Values, ethics and assessments in organization
12Effective discourse in organization
13The conflict in the organization. Crisis Management
14Strategic communication in the organization
15Reputation of the organization
16Final Exam
Prerequisites
Textbook
Other References
Laboratory Work
Computer Usage
Other
Learning Outcomes and Competences
1To be familiar with the main theories of the working organization, structure, organization and its planning, related to the development of their managerial skills & leadership, communication depth meanings of organizational behavior;
2To be able to understand differences of individual human behavior, their conditioning on the type of personality, motivational world, the system of values that are created in the context of the organization and their reflections in organizational behavior;
3Be trained with practical skills for successful development of communication in working organization, communications in the groups and of the teams
Course Evaluation Methods
In-term studies Quantity Percentage
Midterms120
Quizzes420
Projects00
Term Projects00
Laboratory00
Attendance120
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade60
Contribution of final examination to overall grade40
Total100
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload
Activities Quantity Duration
(hours)		 Total Workload
(hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours) 16348
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 14456
Assignments 000
Midterms 11010
Final examination 11111
Other 000
Total Work Load 125
Total Work Load / 25 (hours) 5
ECTS 5

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