UnitLevel 1Undergraduate

MGS1100 Managerial communication

Faculty of Business and Economics

MGS1100 Managerial communication is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2021 in Summer B at South Africa. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points: 6
Offered in 2021: Summer B; South Africa
Assessment: Exam 40%; and 2 other tasks
Workload: 144 hours; per semester

The 2027 handbook has no page for MGS1100. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

Before MGS1100

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After MGS1100

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Overview

This unit is designed to develop your awareness of communication issues within organisational settings and your own capacity as professionals to communicate effectively. The unit emphasises the importance of effective communication both oral and written, introduces models of communication and focuses on communication as process and transaction. Overall the unit is designed to allow you the opportunity to explore the ways in which intrapersonal, interpersonal, group and organisational communication are experienced within organisations.

Offerings in 2021

Teaching period	Campus	Mode
Summer semester B	South Africa	Block on

Assessment

Individual Assessment
30%
Group Assessment 2
30%
ExaminationThreshold hurdle
40%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1
describe the major theories underpinning managerial communication
2
examine the relationships between different managerial communication theories and concepts
3
discuss managerial communication in the context of organisational examples
4
compare and contrast verbal and non verbal messages and examine their impact on interpersonal communication
5
extend skills in written and oral expression as relevant to the unit assessment tasks.

Workload and teaching

Lectures144 hours
Teaching approachActive learning

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Lecture and tutorials or problem classes

Three principles drive the teaching approaches in this unit:

Constructive Alignment: Learning is strategically aligned to achieve the learning outcomes, as demonstrated through the assessment. Through the weekly lessons you should see clear connections to the assessment program, and learning should be directly ransferrable to the assessment program.

Scaffolding: Starting from lower level learning, new knowledge and skills are progressively introduced adding complexity and connections, and expecting higher-order learning. Within each lesson, and across the unit, building upon early activities, you should see your knowledge and skills demonstrate higher capabilities.

Team-Based Learning: Learning is social and interactive, and best achieved through purposefully designed activities that include these interactions. Through your personally developed and shared learning activities you should develop, analyse, connect, synthesise, interpret, evaluate, justify… more than you could on your own.

Learning resources

Required resources

Prescribed Text:
Eunson, B. Communicating in the 21st Century, 4th Edition.

Contacts

Chief Examiners: Ms Cynthia Bedwei-Majdoub

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for MGS1100?

MGS1100 has no prerequisites.

When is MGS1100 offered?

In 2021, MGS1100 runs in Summer B at South Africa.

How much work is MGS1100?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does MGS1100 have an exam?

Yes. The exam is worth 40% of the final mark, alongside 2 other tasks.

More details

Credit points: 6
Level: 1
Study level: Undergraduate
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational unit: Department of Management

Type: Coursework
EFTSL: 0.125
Student contribution: SCA Band 4
Study abroad: Not available
Handbook years: 20202021