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Fall 2014 Class Descriptions

Why does summer always go by so darn fast?

We don’t know, but we do know that we’re already looking forward to the start of KU’s classes on August 25th!

Are you thinking about getting back in the classroom? It’s easier than ever to take an Edwards Campus course as a non-degree-seeking  graduate student. Apply now to sharpen your communication skills and deepen your organizational savvy in the fall!

• COMS 930: Applied Organizational Communication (30105)
  • Thursdays 6:00-9:00 p.m., Regnier 152, Edwards Campus
  • Dr. Debra Ford
  • Communication is the central process in all organizational endeavors, and it profoundly influences both organizational outcomes and member satisfaction. This class considers key communication contexts and processes, including development and maintenance of relationships with peers, subordinates and supervisors, trust, feedback, persuasion and dealing with change. It also addresses team and group processes, work across cultures and generations, and effective use of communication technologies. In examining the often taken-for-granted ways in which organizations operate, organizational members can heighten their own and their organizations’ success.

• COMS 930: Stakeholders & Their Organizations (25876)
  • Tuesdays 6:00-9:00 p.m., Regnier 254, Edwards Campus
  • Dr. Tracy Russo
  • This class examines ways that organizations interact and communicate with their array of external stakeholders: customers and clients, competitors, suppliers and distributors, regulators, the press, and their communities. We will take a broad systems approach and consider networks, inter-organizational relations, and the role of technology in connecting organizations. We will examine how organizations organize into networks, how innovations diffuse through organizations, and how organizations’ attempts to establish identities have ripple effects through groups and types of organizations. We’ll also look at how organizations are influenced by pressures for corporate social responsibility and changes in legal requirements and social ethics.