Indiana Wesleyan University

Adult and Professional Studies

World Changer Initiatives

 

Facilitator name:  Stephen J. Resch

 

Course name & number:  Professional Communication, MGT 205

 

Ways in which this class incorporates world changer ideas:

 

The last workshop in a professional communication class focuses on change.  This workshop requires students to define a communication problem in their organization, analyze it using textbook definitions, and then make recommendations for change.  In addition to making a presentation in the classroom, some students provide feedback to their supervisors on how to improve their organization's communication climate.  Although analysis of the problem is cathartic, real power comes when students develop systematic procedures to alter communication patterns in their organization. In a practical way, students are changing their world.