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Publication Date: 2022
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Workshop-Style in a Graduate Classroom: Teaching Communication to Business Students
Rahman, Asif Ali
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, v34 n1 p118-123 2022
This article describes a four-month-long MBA course on business communication taught at NUST Business School, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan. A workshop-style approach was adopted in the course that helped the students break their emotional glass ceiling and become comfortable in their skin. The course enabled the students to work in teams to learn the art of verbal and non-verbal communication through exercises and case studies spread throughout the semester. The system was also helpful in teaching the students to develop an impactful resumé and improve job interview skills (through mock interviews). The course ended with the development of business communication case studies written and taught by students. Some of the students published their case studies in a UK-based case publishing house. The article describes a unique pedagogical approach for preparing this course and the instructor's experiences during and at the end of the course.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Business Administration Education, Teaching Methods, Masters Programs, Business Communication, Teamwork, Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Case Studies, Course Descriptions, Resumes (Personal), Foreign Countries, Workshops, Employment Interviews, Educational Philosophy, Personnel Selection, Publications
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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