Brandon Robert U08A1
BUS3050 – Principles of Organizational Communication
Organizational Communication Project Outline
This template is to serve as your outline—simply include short thoughts and answers for each of the questions listed below. Be sure to collect references (from the text and from other outside sources) as you work through the outline. Provide them when you submit this assignment and your final paper assignment. Those references are required, as per the relevant scoring guides.
I. Identify and describe the situation or problem
A. Knowledge
1. What are the major and minor problems in this case?
Orlando medical Institute (OMI) did not practice the use of current organizational trends, creating conflict and misunderstanding within and between departments.
2. What communication theories apply to these problems?
The cognitive Dissonance, Social Exchange Theory, and Structuration Theory are the communication theories that apply to my scenario (Shockley-Zalabak, 2015).
3. What organizational theories or perspectives are apparent?
The apparent organizational theories in this situation are Bounded Rationality, Contingency Theory, and the Decision Making Approach (Shockley-Zalabak, 2015).
4. What information is missing?
The types of organizational communication trends that OMI should be using is the information that is missing. Research will be required to find this.
5. What assumptions are we making about the organization, its people, and their problems?
The assumption made about OMI is that there is a lack in positive organizational communications. This is interdepartmental and organization wide.
B. Sensitivity
1. Who or what appears to be most responsible for the communication problems?
The director and staff are responsible for the communication problems at OMI.
2. What are the shared realities in the organization?
Group communication, interpersonal communication, and organizational communication are the shared realities of OMI.
3. Are the principal
Organizational Communication Project Outline
This template is to serve as your outline—simply include short thoughts and answers for each of the questions listed below. Be sure to collect references (from the text and from other outside sources) as you work through the outline. Provide them when you submit this assignment and your final paper assignment. Those references are required, as per the relevant scoring guides.
I. Identify and describe the situation or problem
A. Knowledge
1. What are the major and minor problems in this case?
Orlando medical Institute (OMI) did not practice the use of current organizational trends, creating conflict and misunderstanding within and between departments.
2. What communication theories apply to these problems?
The cognitive Dissonance, Social Exchange Theory, and Structuration Theory are the communication theories that apply to my scenario (Shockley-Zalabak, 2015).
3. What organizational theories or perspectives are apparent?
The apparent organizational theories in this situation are Bounded Rationality, Contingency Theory, and the Decision Making Approach (Shockley-Zalabak, 2015).
4. What information is missing?
The types of organizational communication trends that OMI should be using is the information that is missing. Research will be required to find this.
5. What assumptions are we making about the organization, its people, and their problems?
The assumption made about OMI is that there is a lack in positive organizational communications. This is interdepartmental and organization wide.
B. Sensitivity
1. Who or what appears to be most responsible for the communication problems?
The director and staff are responsible for the communication problems at OMI.
2. What are the shared realities in the organization?
Group communication, interpersonal communication, and organizational communication are the shared realities of OMI.
3. Are the principal