COMM 150I: ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION INQUIRY

F. VARONA / Fall 2020

SHARING YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION INQUIRY EXPERIENCE 

PURPOSE: The purpose of this ORAL PRESENTATION is first, to share with your classmates ONE of the most meaningful (life-giving) ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION INQUIRY EXPERIENCES (in your personal relationships, at work, or any other context). Second, to enhance your presentational communication skills. On the other hand, this assignment is designed to emphasize that you already know a good deal about the practice of research about communication. Actually, you have been conducting research all your life. Therefore, our distinctive communication experiences do account as legitimate and valued sources of knowledge, and we can learn from each other.

TOPIC: You are free to select the organizational communication inquiry experience for your presentation. Look for the most meaningful one (mainly positive or negative (but life-giving) from your past and/or current organizational communication experiences.

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE:  The content of the organizational communication inquiry experience should be structured in three sections:
1) Describe briefly the communication experience: the context (organization) and what happened.
2) Provide a theoretical explanation for what happened: first, YOUR OWN THEORY AND NAME IT. Explain: a) why it (the communication experience) happened (the causes), b) the relationships that you discovered, and c) the consequences or implications. And second, include AHOTHER THEORETICAL INPUT from textbook or other sources to illustrate or expand on your own theoretical explanation. 
3) Tell us what did you learn (knowledge claims) from the experience (3 majors learnings).

WRITTEN OUTLINE: The content of your oral presentation must be summarized in TWO-TYPED-PAGE, FULL-SENTENCE OUTLINE. The basic structure of this outline must contained: (Include the following section titles in written outline): WRITE the titles of these sections in your OUTLINE.
I. Introduction: 1. Attention Getter, 2. Purpose and Topic, and 3. Preview only Titles of the main points of your presentation: (a) Description of experience; b) Theoretical explanation , and c) Learnings).
II. Body: 1) Description of the experience. 2) Theoretical explanation: a) your own theory and name it) and b) another theoretical input from textbook or other sources (cite sources here). 3) Learnings ( three (3) majors learnings).
III. Conclusion: 1. Summary (Restate only Titles of the main points of your presentation: (a) Description,b) Theoretical explanation/and Theoretical Inputs and c) Learnings), and 2. Final Thought.

Cite also sources in outlined and list them in page 3; using APA or MLA citation system. One citation from textbook or other sourcses is required.

The oral presentation must emphasized: 1) Content relevance and organization, 2) Physical delivery skills (eye contact, gestures, dynamism); 3) Vocal delivery skills (volume, and rate); and 4) Visual aids (One visual aid is required). Each individual presentation will last from 7-8 minutes. After the oral presentation, you will have some time (7 minutes) to entertain some questions from your classmates.

This is a 10 point assignment: