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ERIC Number: EJ798283
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1080-5699
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Communication Instruction in a Mature Institutional Partnership: An Examination of Evolving Methods
Thomas, Martha Wetterhall; Hardy, Samuel B., IV
Business Communication Quarterly, v68 n2 p197-208 2005
Since 1994, the University of South Carolina at Columbia and the Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) have offered a joint master's degree in international business. Communication instruction was initially a stable component of the program, with a week-long course at the beginning and a report-writing workshop at the end, followed by individual instruction in preparing deliverables for a consulting field project. Since the field projects were phased out in 2003, students continue to receive the one-week communication course in Vienna; after that, they have voluntary access to individual instruction from the Center for Business Communication at the University of South Carolina and exposure to in-class communication workshops as scheduled by faculty across the business disciplines. Although student feedback is positive, these instructional methods currently lack consistency. To achieve such consistency, a communication center can help to integrate instruction within MBA programs through communication intensive courses, writing studios, or a communication capstone course.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Austria (Vienna); South Carolina
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