This outline contains categories on the origins, theories, processes, principles, and problems associated with organizational communication. (RL)

Provides information about the degree program in business communication at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, including the objectives and rationale for the program, descriptions of the business communication courses, a list of other required courses, an outline for an eight-semester plan for the major, and notes on the faculty,…

Outlines procedures and assumptions for instituting a doctoral program in business communication. Lists general/specific requirements for enrollment, and suggests business-core and interdepartmental curricula. (RL)

Evaluates business communication as an educational discipline. (RL)

Urges business communication teachers to improve the standing of their subject area by broadening its theoretical base and by emphasizing how their courses offer training that is necessary and different from that offered by traditional communication skills courses. (RL)

Reports the information gathered when 92 business communication students interviewed 94 business people about what should be covered in a teacher-developed business communication course manual. (RL)

Reports on advances in electronic communication and their effects on the teaching of business communication. Suggests strategies for planning future business communication courses. (RL)

Notes how international diversification necessitates adaptation of the English curriculum, especially in business communication. (RL)

Reviews the literature in order to discover how organizational communication authors have defined the subject. (FL)

Colleges of business must practice curricula adaptation, based on the needs of the individuals that they serve, if they are to survive. (KS)

Examines some problems in designing a course in oral business communication. Suggests some viable solutions, and provides examples of assignments and a tentative course schedule. (RL)

Presents instructional strategies for developing recruitment, instruction, curriculum, and placement in organizational communication courses. (RL)

Describes a cooperative program involving the English and business communication faculty at a community college that was designed to improve the writing skills of nontraditional students. Includes a questionnaire used to gather suggestions for appropriate business writing assignments and approaches that might be used in all writing classes. (FL)

Tells how a business communication teacher, an instructor of management, and a management development trainer worked together to develop a "module bank" of teacher resources. (RL)