Learn to work and communicate together in teams, committees, and small groups. The focus of this course is on practical experience. Most of the class time is spent working on exercises related to conflict, decision making, leadership, and problem solving. NO PUBLIC SPEAKING.
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This course will take a deep dive into the theories and strategies of teamwork. This extremely interactive course will look at topics such as: Group communication theory, teamwork theory, creating cohesion, creating diverse teams, leader ship, decision making, problem-solving, motivation, and creative thinking.
You will gain practical experience working in all types of groups including workplace groups, educational groups, sports teams, and business. In today's world the use of groups, teams, and committees are becoming popular. Gaining experience communicating in this environment is crucial. This is especially true in careers such as business, law, education, training, journalism, marketing, public relations, media, sales, law, management, public service.
These articles (ONE & TWO) will provide some more detailed goals of a course like this.
Professor Bill Lucio wlucio@harpercollege.edu
Former Student: I feel like I'm ready to go into the world and put together groups that can solve problems and make decisions as we achieve our goals. I am excited to lead groups in the future
Fulfills group 6 major discipline and transfer electives
Counts towards communication majors/minors and most Colleges
SPE205 counts towards DePaul University's communication major taught on Harper's campus through our university center. Check it out
Check out this article.
Communication skills are the number one skills employers are looking for.
