3 credits
Fall 2025 Distance Learning
Communication is the essence of leadership, and this course aims to identify how communication can fuel productivity, drive consensus and push the organization to a leadership position within a market. At the same time, communication can sabotage one's success or be used as a weapon to silence voices and promote political agendas. This course aims to empower you to shape leadership throughout the organization and to know how to advise other leaders in their efforts to overcome communication challenges. Permission of department required.
Learning Outcomes1Identify relevant theories and principles of organizational communication.
2Understand how communication can increase team productivity.
3Develop comprehensive internal and external communications plans.
4Use data from an audit to make recommendations and decisions.
5Construct a communications plan to achieve a leadership position in a marketplace.
6Advise peers and colleagues as they work through their own communication challenges.
7Identify communication strategies to communicate with executives when stakes are high.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.