ENCE 424 Communication for Project Managers
Spring 2010, Approximate Schedule and Homeworks
Guest speakers:
--Peter Kostiuk, Robust Analytics, Inc
--Jocelyn Davis, President, Nelson Hart L.L.C./Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Civil&Env. Eng., UMCP
--Sandy Murdock, former Chief Counsel, FAA (ret.)
Weeks |
Dates |
Subject | Homeworks |
1 |
Jan 26 | Lecture #1 (Steve Gabriel) Course overview, communications fundamentals [Chapter 1] Overview of energy markets (for later use) |
HW#1 assigned Will be taken from Chapter 1 |
2 |
Feb 2 | Lecture #2 (Jocelyn Davis, UMD) Interpersonal and group communication, psychology of communication [Chapters 2 & 3] |
HW#1 due HW#2 assigned Will be taken from Chapters 2 & 3 |
3 |
Feb 9 | Lecture#3 (Steve Gabriel ) >>>Read Chapter 13 on your own<<< |
HW#2 due HW#3 assigned Was emailed by Sebastian Smoot, topic: Chapter 13 |
4 |
Feb 16 | Lecture #4 (Steve Gabriel) --Writing Process Phase 1: Analyze, Anticipate, Adapt [Chapter 4] (~30 min) --set-up and in-class discussion of team project #1 (~1 hour 30 min) |
HW#3 due HW#4 (Team Project #1) TEAM PROJECT #1 (project teams assigned) Take an actual Dept. of Energy (DOE) requirements document and write a short proposal from a state perspective. Topic: TBD |
5 |
Feb 23 | Lecture #5 (Steve Gabriel& Peter Kostiuk)
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HW#4 due HW#5 assigned --Write an executive summary of a topic to be designeated. Your audience is senior management at an engineering company. --Some exercises on chapters 4, 5, 6 |
6 |
Mar 2 | Lecture #6 (Steve Gabriel, Sebastian Smoot) -In-class "brainstorming" on how to start team project #2, short break (~60 min) |
HW#5 due HW#6 assigned 6a: TEAM PROJECT #2 (project teams assigned) Take topic on Smoot presentation and write appropriate proposal (topic TBD ) |
7 |
Mar 9 | Lecture #7 (Steve Gabriel & Sebastian Smoot) --Business Report Basics [Chapter 11], Informal Business Reports [Chapter 12], (~30 minutes, Gabriel) |
6b:--Some exercises on chapters 11 and 12 |
8 |
Mar 16 | SPRING BREAK |
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9 |
Mar 23 | Lecture #8 (Steve Gabriel, Jocelyn Davis) |
HW#6 due (both parts 6a and 6b) HW#7 assigned- Study for exam #1 |
10 |
Mar 30 | IN CLASS EXAM #1,will cover everything up through lecture 8 including topics from guest speakers: |
HW#8 assigned |
11 |
Apr 6 | Lecture #9 (Steve Gabriel & Sandy Murdock ) |
HW#8 due |
12 |
Apr 13 | Lecture #10 (Steve Gabriel and Sebastian Smoot) -Group 1 of self-selected team projects, presentation of proposed work (10 minutes each) |
HW#9b: due HW#10 in-class presentation (Group 1) TEAM PROJECT #5 (project teams self-selected) |
13 |
Apr 20 | Lecture #11 (students) -Group 2 of self-selected team projects, presentation of proposed work (10 minutes each) |
HW#10 in-class (Group 2) Due #9c: Selected problems from Chapter 14 due April 20th |
14 |
Apr 27 | Lecture #12 (Gabriel and Anderson) Guest Speaker: Russ Anderson (tentative) |
HW#9a due (TEAM PROJECT #4: BWI Privitatization Memo) |
15 |
May 4 | Lecture #13 (Chris Peot, Mark Ramirez, DC Water and Sewer Authority) |
HW#11 due work on self-selected projects |
16 |
May 11 | Lecture #14 (students) Final project presentations and reports due |
work on self-selected projects |
Week of May 13-19, Time TBD | IN CLASS EXAM #2, will cover everything since last exam including topics from guest speakers Exam will be closed book, closed notes except for one 8.5 by 11 "summary sheet" (back and front). No computer nor cellphones allowed. |
Class Text
Business Communications Process & Product by Mary Ellen Guffey (6th Edition)
ISBN-13 978-0-324-57868-3