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COMM 636: Workplace Relationships

Elective

Top Three Course Takeaways

  1. Understanding types and functions of diverse workplace relationships
  2. Assessing positive and negative effects of relationships in the workplace
  3. Identifying strategies to effectively develop and maintain healthy workplace relationships

Course Topics

  • Superior-Subordinate Relationships

  • Mentor-Protégé Relationships

  • Peer-Coworker Relationships

  • Workplace Friendships

  • Workplace Romantic Relationships

  • Client/Customer Relationships

Course Intensity:

Course Description

Provides an overview of workplace relationships from a communication perspective, including superior-subordinate, mentor-protégé, peer, friends, romantic, work-spouse, client/customer, and volunteer relationships. 

Focuses on the functions, developmental processes, and outcomes associated with each relationship.

Learning Outcomes

  • Offer a conceptualization of the workplace relationships construct and argue how these relationships contribute – practically, functionally, and personally – to effective workplace and organizational communication

  • Differentiate among the types of workplace relationships

  • Identify and explain the functions, development processes, and outcomes associated with each workplace relationship type

  • Assess the role that workplace relationships play in the day-to-day functioning of your organization
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