Collective Decision Making and Communication in Organizations (364-CN-16)

Instructors

Jen Baker
Jennifer (Jen) Baker’s expertise is in the interdependence of communication theory and practice, where she strives to help others find true confidence in their communication and interaction with others. She is an experienced writer with a background in marketing, corporate communication, and technical writing and has been teaching communication courses for almost 20 years at the University of Texas Austin, University of North Carolina Greensboro, and Northwestern. She founded an inner-city high school speech/debate team, assisted with photography and animation in independent films, and produced a radio show on communication. Baker lives in Evanston IL and is raising two young children, along with her elderly canine. She has been awarded the SPS Distinguished Teaching Award and called the happiest professor that a student has ever known. Baker received her MA in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.

Meeting Info

Online: Thurs 6:15PM - 9:15PM

Overview of class

This course examines collective decision-making and communication in organizations through a survey of research surrounding group decision-making, while also considering organizational culture and organizational change. The course has strong participation and experiential components, including working on a team for a variety of projects to process, utilize, analyze, and appraise the research that we discuss and read. This course is based on experiential learning, a process that incorporates prior and new knowledge with activities, ending with a reflection which leads to new knowledge.

Class Attributes

Synchronous:Class meets remotely at scheduled time