Mar 29, 2024  
Graduate Record 2005-2006 
    
Graduate Record 2005-2006 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

GCOM 731 - Strategic Business Advising and Communication


This course is designed to help students develop basic advising competencies while exposing them to the dynamics of strategy, process, technology, and change management advising. The course is structured to integrate theoretical and practical knowledge, simulated experience, and active discussion of three different topics relevant to the total advising experience: (1) the advising engagement lifecycle, (2) various methodological approaches and tools used by advisors in structuring and solving clients’ problems, and (3) strategic-thinking and behavioral techniques that facilitate the advising process. Time is also devoted to the active listening, feedback, coaching, constructive conflict, and meeting facilitation skills that make effective communication possible.

Credits: 3