{"id":744,"date":"2022-04-27T20:51:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/?page_id=744"},"modified":"2025-08-15T18:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:57:05","slug":"organizational-communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/graduate\/on-campus-graduate-program\/areas-of-study\/organizational-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizational Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e1e1e1&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; 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_builder_version=&#8221;4.17.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/organizational-com-header-01.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Organizational Communication&#8221; title_text=&#8221;organizational-com-header-01&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000\">Organizational Communication<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Organizational communication examines the relationships between communication and organizing through the study of discourse, meanings, symbols, and information flow. Situated in a preeminent engineering, science, and land grant institution of the Big 10, Purdue University Brian Lamb School of Communication\u2019s Organizational Communication program aligns with the pragmatic historical foundations of the Redding Tradition as well as cutting-edge research on global, virtual, as well as cutting-edge research on global, virtual, or online organizations and the influence of national and international policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Why Purdue for Organizational Communication?<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">We will work with you to design a personally-tailored plan of study that best suits your needs and interests and draws on Purdue\u2019s strengths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">We offer a wide variety of stimulating courses across various areas of study.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Our award-winning and internationally-recognized faculty and graduate students work on collaborative projects that establish new research agendas for our field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">As a student and an educator, you will build a program of research and a teaching portfolio that includes courses in undergraduate small group, organizational, and global workplace communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">You will earn a degree from one of the top-ranked communication programs in the nation.(<em>Our Organizational Communication graduate program was ranked among the Top 10 in the National Communication Association\u2019s most recent reputational study. Our program is currently ranked in a top-five in the area of Narrative by ComVista.)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Program Faculty and Areas of Interest<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/sabine-brunswicker.html?_ga=2.54494752.988898663.1637242868-889959978.1630693894\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Sabine Brunswicker<\/span>:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Open digital innovation, open source software communities, civic crowdsourcing, open data app competitions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/robin-clair.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Robin Clair<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Narrative, rhetoric, diversity, nonprofits, critical-postmodern studies, ethnography, gender, social justice (research and creative endeavors)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/academic\/communication\/graduate\/oncampusprograms\/areas-of-study\/org-com.html#\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Stacey Connaughton<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Identification, leadership, distributed organizing forms, peacebuilding policy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/jeremy-foote.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Jeremy Foote<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Online organizations, cooperation, collective behavior, computational social science, data communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/seungyoon-lee.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Seungyoon Lee<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Organizational and social networks, organizational ecology, disaster resilience<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/sue-lim.html\">Sue Lim:<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0f0f0f\">How artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), and other emerging technologies influence decision making, group dynamics, and productivity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/torsten-reimer.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Torsten Reimer<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Decision making, groups and teams, consumer behavior, risk communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Affiliated Faculty and Interests:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/josh-boyd.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Josh Boyd<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Organizational rhetoric, legitimacy, trust, naming),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/sorin-adam-matei.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Sorin Adam Matei<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>(Social media, virtual marketing, online collaboration, communication technologies),\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.purdue.edu\/directory\/profiles\/howard-sypher.html\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Howard Sypher<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Communication and new technologies, international organizations)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Selected Graduate Course Offerings<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Organizational Communication Theory; Small Group &amp; Team Processes; Decision Making; Leadership; Consulting; Organizational Identity &amp; Identification; Social Network Analysis; Computational Research Methods; Narrative Theory; Organizational Ethnography; Data-Storytelling; Data Communication<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Interdisciplinary Connections<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/discoverypark\/bdmce\/\" style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Burton D. 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