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SYLLABUS
Course Title: BA 370: Communications in Leadership and Negotiation
Course Number: BA 370Credit: 3 Units Prerequisite(s): None Co-requisites: None
Instructor: Dr. Sylvia Y. Schoemaker Rippel Email: sysr@lincolnuca.edu
Course-related email for the semester: profsr20@gmail.com
Instructional Materials and References
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Barrett, D. J. (2008). Leadership communication. (2nd. Ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill. (ISBN: 978-0-07-340314-4)
Lewicki, R. J., et al. (2007). Essentials of negotiation (4th. Ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. (ISBN: 978-0-07-310276-4)
RECOMMENDED TEXT:
Business Communication Handbook.
Fisher, R., Ury, W., Patton, B. (1991). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in (2nd Ed.).
Anderson, K. (1993). Getting what you want: How to reach agreement and resolve conflict every time. New York: Dutton.
COMPANION SITES
Leadership Communication Text:
Negotiation Text Link:
COURSE DESCRIPTION
BA 370- COMMUNICATIONS IN LEADERSHIP AND NEGOTIATIONS
This course concentrates on critical communications skills, particularly those needed for intelligent, face-to-face interactions, for effective tactics to achieve cooperation and gain consensus. There is emphasis on various strategies used in negotiating, for both individuals and leaders. Written and oral assignments are involved. (3 units)
OBJECTIVES
Primary BA 318: Communications in Leadership and Negotiation objectives are to
1. Improve your ability to comprehend and produce effective written and oral business communications for leadership and negotiation purposes,
2. Evaluate business communications within appropriate contexts, and
3. Apply systematic communicative language processing strategies for critical thinking, problem solving, conflict resolution, decision making, goal setting and attainment.
Topical Outline and Instructional Methods:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Learn to analyze the communicator, audience, purpose, context, and strategies of business communications in functional settings.
2. Select appropriate content, style and organization for varied situations.
FORMAT
The course sessions will include presentation, discussion, and application modes.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Students are expected to attend class, to participate in individual and group work in a productive manner, to complete assignments according to schedule and at a level appropriate to university rubrics, and to take personal responsibility for meeting the objectives of the course.
For each of the units on schedule below (as well as additional assignments given in class), students will do the following:
• Read assigned materials with care and understanding,
• Complete and present selected exercises relevant to the class and text materials
• Reflect on the assignments in writing, addressing primary content and points of personal interest,
• Create a personalized, three-level map for each week’s assignment using the open source program Freemind (downloadable from
• Email your assignments to me at profsr20@gmail.com
• Blog your work for sharing and presentations.
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Assignments are due on the dates indicated in the schedule below. Additions/revisions to the schedule will be announced in class as needed. Class attendance is mandatory for content, interactions, and presentations. Researched materials must be documented using a consistent style for both in-text and end-text citations of sources using the published standards of the most recent subject-appropriate style guide, such as APA (social sciences) or MLA (humanities), for example.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA & METHOD OF EVALUATING STUDENTS
Students will demonstrate their level of achievement through appropriate and accurate application of classic and contemporary business communication theory and best practices. Students will be evaluated on their increased communicative competence, including effective business communication skills for analysis, problem-solving, decision-making. Students attaining the higher levels of course goals will show successful application of critical and creative communication skills in approaching and solving academic and real-world examples, individually and as group participants.
The following tables quantify assignment areas and grade distribution scales.
The following tables quantify assignment areas and grade distribution scales.
100-95
|
A
|
94-90
|
A-
|
89-87
|
B+
|
86-84
|
B
|
83-80
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B-
|
79-77
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C+
|
76-74
|
C
|
73-70
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C-
|
69-67
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D+
|
66-64
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D
|
63-60
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D-
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59 or <
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F
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Class Participation
|
15%
|
Quizzes (oral)
|
10%
|
Projects -- Chapters
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15%
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Term Paper --Blog
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30%
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Presentation – Individual & Team
|
10%
|
Final Exam -- Oral
Individual & Team
|
20%
|
Total
|
100%
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