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BMGT 175 Business Communications

This course encompasses the vital components of business communication applicable to any employment setting: business writing, interpersonal business communication, business etiquette and professionalism, and business communications utilizing technology. Students will create a business writing portfolio, an individual presentation, and work together with a team to create a group presentation, using current technologies and learning to communicate in diverse environments.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Analyze and implement the steps of the business writing process.
  2. 2. Construct the essential written documents needed when applying for a job, using and adapting
    appropriate technologies for research and communication to achieve the best results in the job
    search process.
  3. 3. Identify, use, and adapt a variety of appropriate business correspondence and technologies to
    plan, write, and complete business messages and presentations, to complete research, and to
    collaborate with team members through technology-mediated formats.
  4. 4. Design and give various types of business presentations and articulate ideas for a range of
    audiences and purposes.
  5. 5. Communicate and participate in a team setting, using appropriate technologies as a
    communication tool for researching, creating, and delivering a group presentation.
  6. 6. Effectively deliver a routine message and a negative message in a business setting, using direct
    and indirect communication styles as appropriate.
  7. 7. Give and receive feedback, practice active listening skills, and analyze one’s own communication
    style and choices, and those of others, through peer writing reviews and practice presentations.
  8. 8. Deliver an effective formal oral presentation in front of a group, demonstrating the physical ability
    to speak effectively, conveying concepts efficiently, appropriately, creatively, and in an organized
    manner.

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Analyze and implement the steps of the business writing process.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

  2. 2. Construct the essential written documents needed when applying for a job, using and adapting
    appropriate technologies for research and communication to achieve the best results in the job
    search process.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Team Project

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Technological Literacy Rubric

    Technological Literacy

    • TL2
  3. 3. Identify, use, and adapt a variety of appropriate business correspondence and technologies to
    plan, write, and complete business messages and presentations, to complete research, and to
    collaborate with team members through technology-mediated formats.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Team Project

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Technological Literacy Rubric

    Technological Literacy

    • TL1
  4. 4. Design and give various types of business presentations and articulate ideas for a range of
    audiences and purposes.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Individual Presentation

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Oral Communication Rubric

    Oral Communication

    • OC1
  5. 5. Communicate and participate in a team setting, using appropriate technologies as a
    communication tool for researching, creating, and delivering a group presentation.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Team Project

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Oral Communication Rubric

    Oral Communication

    • OC2
  6. 6. Effectively deliver a routine message and a negative message in a business setting, using direct
    and indirect communication styles as appropriate.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

  7. 7. Give and receive feedback, practice active listening skills, and analyze one’s own communication
    style and choices, and those of others, through peer writing reviews and practice presentations.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Peer Review
    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Individual Presentation and Practice Session

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Oral Communication Rubric

    Oral Communication

    • OC4
  8. 8. Deliver an effective formal oral presentation in front of a group, demonstrating the physical ability
    to speak effectively, conveying concepts efficiently, appropriately, creatively, and in an organized
    manner.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Individual Presentation

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Oral Communication Rubric

    Oral Communication

    • OC3