| Course Code : | 2001FBDOOD | | Study domain: | Business sciences | | Semester: | Semester: 1st semester
| | Contact hours: | 45 | | Credits: | 6 | | Study load (hours): | 168 | | Contract restrictions: | No contract restriction
| | Language of instruction : | Dutch
| | Exam period: | exam in the 1st semester
| | Tutor(s) | Mariëlle Leijten
Marius Opsomer
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1. Prerequisites
At the start of this course the student should have acquired the following competences:
An active knowlegde of :Dutch at mother tongue level Specific prerequisites for this course:
- General interest in management processes
This course cannot be taken with an exam contract.
2. Learning outcomes
A scientist that functions in an organization needs to be capable of strategic communication with colleagues (both superiors and subordinates), concerning topics that are field-related and non-field-related. Therefore, he or she should master a number of oral and written communication skills at a professional level, together with having a firm grasp of management aspects of communication.
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to prepare and deliver effective oral and written communication for business situations and be able to apply business communication strategies and principles:
- To plan the message by defining purpose, analyzing audience, selecting channel and medium;
- To organize and compose the message by selecting appropriate organizational formats;
- To revise the message by editing, rewriting, producing and proofreading (together with peers).
3. Course contents
This course consists of three components: management communication, technical communication, and business communication. Together, the components form an introduction to management and strategic business communication in Dutch. Different topics of professional communication (oral and written; internal and external communication) are dealt with. The approach is modular and non-comprehensive: a few representative communication themes are treated in depth, so that the student can get acquainted with subjects that are relevant to middle management employees in a medium to large-sized organization.
4. Teaching method
Class contact teaching: LecturesPractice sessionsTutorialsSkills training
Personal work: ExercisesAssignments:IndividuallyAssignments:In groupPaper: Individually
Directed self-study
Portfolio
5. Assessment method and criteria
Continuous assessment: ExercisesAssignmentsParticipation in classroom activities
Portfolio: Without oral presentation
6. Study material
Required reading
- Reader (available at campus Drie Eiken)
- Calliope (www.calliope.be)
- Handouts
Optional reading
The following study material can be studied on a voluntary basis:
none
7. Contact information
Mariëlle Leijten
Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen
Departement Management
Kipdorp 61, SZ. 506
2000 Antwerpen
t. 03 265 50 72
mariëlle.leijten@ua.ac.be
www.ua.ac.be/marielle.leijten
Marius Opsomer
Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen
Departement Management
Kipdorp 61, SZ. 504
2000 Antwerpen
t. 03 265 50 23
marius.opsomer@ua.ac.be
Véronique Vanderhoudelingen
Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen
Departement Management
Kipdorp 61, SZ. 504
2000 Antwerpen
t. 03 265 50 23
veronique.vanderhoudelingen@ua.ac.be
(+)last update: 25/09/2012 10:22 marielle.leijten
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