3 credit hours
What is organizational rhetoric? In short, this seminar answers this question by introducing students to scholarship that integrates rhetorical theories and methods with principles of organizational communication. This seminar is designed to introduce students to the academic study of organizational rhetoric. We will examine organizational rhetoric by focusing on three interrelated topics: (1) how organizational rhetoric has evolved historically, (2) prevailing theoretical assumptive bases that guide academic studies, and (3) some key content addressed in organizational rhetoric research. Additionally, this seminar is designed to help students to identify, analyze, critique, and evaluate examples of organizational rhetoric in society. Students, via case studies and other scholarship, will be introduced to real-life organizational situations and the exigencies that drive them.