Critical Assignment Topic Rationale
• Critical Assignment Instructions (Due in Week 7)
For this paper, you are to choose one of the topics below, then you are to choose one of three approaches to the study of organizational communication: the systems approach, the cultural approach, or the critical approach. In your paper, you should use this approach to provide an analysis of your chosen organizational communication process.
Critical Assignment Rationale (Due this week):
• Students will identify one of the topics below
• Then choose one of three approaches to the study of organizational communication: the systems approach or the cultural approach
Once you have selected your topic and approach, write a 300-word rationale for the topic to complete their critical assignment paper. The paper is an analysis an organizational communication process and/or theory. They will, also, include a list of at least five sources they plan to use in the paper.
Topic List (choose one topic below and then one approach):
• Communication in Employment Interviews
• Information-Seeking in Socialization
• The Role Development Process
• Giving and Receiving Feedback
• Small Group Decision Making
• Participation in Decision Making
• Conflict Resolution Styles
• Bargaining and Negotiation
• 3rd Party Conflict Resolution
• Communication in Organizational Change
• Emotional Labor in Organizations
• Communication as a Cause of Burnout
• Communicative Coping with Burnout
• Differential Treatment in Culturally Diverse Organizations
• Communication and Customer Service in Organizations
• Organizational Image Management
• Communication Media Usage in Organizations
• The Effects of Communication Technologies
• Communication in Service Organizations
• Globalization and Organizational Communication
References
Miller, K., & Barbour, J. (2020). Organizational communication: Approaches and processes. Cengage Learning.
