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LN5518: INSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

This course will identify various audiences, appropriate content and ways of communicating within organisations and institutions, with particular focus on the energy industry, law and law enforcement, emergency services and healthcare.  It will identify various purposes, types and modes of communication within organisations and institutions and consider communication plans as part of organisational and institutional strategic plans.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Tania Fahey Palma

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either Master of Science Professional Communication or Master Of Science In Global Business Communication

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will begin with an overview of organisational and institutional communication as reported in the literature. Students will then go on to consider communication within their own and selected other organisations and institutions considering the relationship between institutional roles and communicative behaviour and developing a sample communication plan in the context of the strategic plan of their organisation or institution.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 45
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Feedback Word Count 2500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralAnalyseDistinguish & analyse key linguistic features of professional communication in context. Critical thinking & engagement with complex processes informing communication & behaviour on an analytical level
ProceduralApplyAbility to interpret and analyse goal driven language in the workplace. Development of core presentation skills. Develop proficient communication skills for leadership and teamworking contexts.
ProceduralCreateModel and develop analysis systems to expand discussion on the value of language based communication skills in institutional contexts.
ProceduralEvaluateReflect on current communicative practices in specific institutional contexts with a view to developing insight in specific areas of interest.
ReflectionUnderstandAbility to understand the inner workings of teams in different organisational contexts. Become familiar with literature and research in the area of workplace discourse.

Oral Presentation: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralAnalyseDistinguish & analyse key linguistic features of professional communication in context. Critical thinking & engagement with complex processes informing communication & behaviour on an analytical level
ProceduralApplyAbility to interpret and analyse goal driven language in the workplace. Development of core presentation skills. Develop proficient communication skills for leadership and teamworking contexts.
ReflectionUnderstandAbility to understand the inner workings of teams in different organisational contexts. Become familiar with literature and research in the area of workplace discourse.

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 45
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 2500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralAnalyseDistinguish & analyse key linguistic features of professional communication in context. Critical thinking & engagement with complex processes informing communication & behaviour on an analytical level
ProceduralApplyAbility to interpret and analyse goal driven language in the workplace. Development of core presentation skills. Develop proficient communication skills for leadership and teamworking contexts.
ProceduralCreateModel and develop analysis systems to expand discussion on the value of language based communication skills in institutional contexts.
ProceduralEvaluateReflect on current communicative practices in specific institutional contexts with a view to developing insight in specific areas of interest.
ReflectionUnderstandAbility to understand the inner workings of teams in different organisational contexts. Become familiar with literature and research in the area of workplace discourse.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Analysis Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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To cover analysis techniques and test critical knowledge.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ReflectionUnderstandAbility to understand the inner workings of teams in different organisational contexts. Become familiar with literature and research in the area of workplace discourse.
ProceduralApplyAbility to interpret and analyse goal driven language in the workplace. Development of core presentation skills. Develop proficient communication skills for leadership and teamworking contexts.
ProceduralAnalyseDistinguish & analyse key linguistic features of professional communication in context. Critical thinking & engagement with complex processes informing communication & behaviour on an analytical level
ProceduralEvaluateReflect on current communicative practices in specific institutional contexts with a view to developing insight in specific areas of interest.
ProceduralCreateModel and develop analysis systems to expand discussion on the value of language based communication skills in institutional contexts.

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