COM3120 ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
COM 3120 Organizational Communication Paper Guidelines
Purpose: The goal of this assignment is for you to analyze an organization of your choosing by examining its history and applying course concepts and theories.
Task: Write a 5-7 page APA-style paper that analyzes an organization of your choosing. This paper is broken into 3 parts. Address the following information in each part:
· Part 1: Select an organization to research and analyze. Consider using an organization you are/have been a part of or are very familiar with. Describe the organization by providing relevant background information. Part 1 should be no more than 20% of your paper.
· Part 2: Select between 4 and 6 of the following organizational communication concepts from the textbook and discuss them as they relate to the organization you chose. You should identify each concept in a different paragraph/s, explain it briefly, and describe how your chosen organization exemplifies (or fails to exemplify) the concept. Bring in specific material from the text and your own experience and research for your analysis.
o Organizational culture
o Human relations
o Human resources
o Constitutive approaches
o Critical and feminist approaches
o Technology in the workplace
o Socialization
o Decision making
o Conflict management
o Leadership
o Organizational change
o Diversity
o Emotion in the workplace
o Globalization
· Part 3: Evaluate how your chosen organization uses these aspects of communication. Does the organization use them well? Could it make improvements? Support your answers with specific material from the text and your research. Parts 2 and 3 should constitute at least 80% of your paper.
A successful student will:
· Submit a paper that is 5-7 pages long (double spaced, not counting any headers/footers/extraneous material) and is free from any grammatical or syntactical errors. This paper does not require a cover page or abstract.
· Break the analysis into 3 parts.
· Address all parts of the assignment guidelines in the paper.
· Support all writing with concepts and theories from the text. Bring in specific ideas from the text to support your analysis.
· Include formal introductory and concluding paragraphs that have a thesis statement that highlights the main points of the paper.
· Use APA style appropriately (i.e. cite sources in text and in a reference list).
· Submit the essay to the appropriate dropbox by the deadline.
