Communication Dynamics and Networking in Organisation Postgraduate Course
Course descriptionBy the conclusion of the specified learning and development activities, delegates will be able to:Ø Explicitly demonstrate’ that they took the necessary steps in the preparation for their oral-visual presentation;Ø Prepare and deliver electronic presentations;Ø Demonstrate their understanding of the importance of the introduction – in oral-visual presentations;Ø Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal presentation skills, during the delivery of their oral-visual presentations;Ø Demonstrate their ability to select the information that is relevant to the particular issues being presented, omitting the irrelevant aspects;Ø Exhibit their ability to select the most appropriate PowerPoint template, in line with the type of presentation they intend to deliver;Ø Set their PowerPoint presentation slides to automatic run, timing it to coincide with their allocated time;Ø Programme their presentations to provide ‘dim effect’, thereby enhancing the readability and psychological effect of the information they present;Ø Distinguish between groups and mere aggregations;Ø Suggest the difference in interpretation of groups and teams;Ø Demonstrate your understanding of the social and psychological relevance of the stages of formation of a group;Ø Distinguish between task forces, committees, command groups and boards;Ø Suggest how informal groups might be empowered to enhance organisational effectiveness.Ø By the end of the specified learning and development activities, delegates will be able to:Ø Demonstrate their understanding of Kinesics;Ø Provide at least three cultural interpretations and misinterpretations examples of kinesics;Ø Exhibit an understanding of the importance of proximity in social environments;Ø Demonstrate their understanding of the ways in which Kinesics and Kinesiology might be counterbalanced for communication and networking effectiveness;Ø List at least five barriers to communication in organisation, explaining how they might be averted or addressed, in order to improve communication effectiveness;Ø Suggest the part that they can play in order to make the communication of their colleagues more effective;Ø Propose a simple but clear definition of ‘communication networking’ ;Ø Place communication networking in an organisational context;Ø Demonstrate their understanding of the specific skills and competence needed to be effective in ‘networking’ at different ‘levels’;Ø Demonstrate their ability to network with colleagues;Ø Illustrate, through role play, that they are able to effectively communicate during their ‘networking’ encounter with people outside their immediate command group;Ø Indicate, with confidence, their strategy for networking with ‘stranger groups’;Ø List at least 3 pitfalls of networking, explaining how they might be averted;Ø Suggest the steps that they will take to continue to improve their confidence, particularly as it relates to networking;Ø Suggest the extent to which external networking events might be valuable to individual workers and the organisation, as a whole;Ø Demonstrate their internalisation of the fact that they can effectively network, without being aggressive.