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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.)

(HOMEWORKS ARE DUE AT THE START OF THE NEXT CLASS, NO LATE HOMEWORKS)

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 )
CANCELLED DUE TO UNIVERSITY CLOSING

>>>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)
Gabriel: Life cycle of projects (RFP, proposal, project, reports, presentations) (~30 min)

--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)
Kostiuk:RFP/proposal writing process with government assignments (~1.5 hours lecture+in-class assignment)

--Writing Process Phase 2: Research, Organize, Compose [Chapter 5] (~30 min)
--Writing Process Phase 3: Revise, Proofread, Evaluate [Chapter 6] (~30 min)


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)
Gabriel and Smoot :
--Writing Process Phase 2: Research, Organize, Compose [Chapter 5]
--Writing Process Phase 3: Revise, Proofread, Evaluate [Chapter 6] (~30 min total for both parts)

--Debriefing on DOE assignment #1 (Team Project #1) (~30 min)-which states present indicated in email
--In-class presentation for team project assignment #2, overview by Sebastian Smoot (topic: Water Policy, ~30 min)

-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)
--Debriefing on DOE assignment #1 (Team Project #1) (~45 min by students, which states present indicated in email)
--Comments on DOE assignments (~30 minutes, Smoot),
--in-class assignment to rewrite certain selected parts of DOE proposals (~45 min)



6b:--Some exercises on chapters 11 and 12
8
Mar 16 SPRING BREAK

 
9
Mar 23

Lecture #8 (Steve Gabriel, Jocelyn Davis)

-Gabriel
: Email messages and memos [Chapter 7], ~ 15 minutes
-Gabriel: background on global natural gas markets (for Team Project #3),~60 minutes
short break: 15 minutes
-discussion about policy memos,~15 minutes
-brainstorming about policy memo by groups, ~30 minutes
-presentation by selected groups of key ideas, ~15 minutes

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:
Exam will be closed book, closed notes except for one 8.5 by 11 "summary sheet" (back and front).
No computer nor cellphones allowed.

HW#8 assigned
TEAM PROJECT #3
(project teams assigned)
Write a memo concerning the Russia-Ukraine natural gas impasse from the perspective of a designated country. [more details to follow.]

11
Apr 6

Lecture #9 (Steve Gabriel & Sandy Murdock )
-Business Presentations [Chapter 14] (Gabriel,~30 min)
-Public policy memos (Murdock, ~30 min)
--Issues at the Federal Aviation Admin. (Murdock, ~30 min)
--In-class brainstorming/short presentations/set-up for Team Project #4 on BWI issues (rest of class)

HW#8 due
HW#9 assigned
a. TEAM PROJECT #4: BWI Privitatization Memo
(project teams assigned)
Topics on blackboard.


b. Let Sebastian know your self-selected groups, sign up for either April 13 or 20 to make a presentation of your proposed work
.

c. Selected problems from Chapter 14
due April 20th

12
Apr 13

Lecture #10 (Steve Gabriel and Sebastian Smoot)
Note: For this lecture only, class will meet from 5-6:30pm.

-Group 1 of self-selected team projects, presentation of proposed work (10 minutes each)
--Debrief on Water Policy Proposal (Team Project #2, , Smoot)

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)
Persuasive and Marketing Messages [Chapter 9]

Guest Speaker: Russ Anderson (tentative)

HW#9a due (TEAM PROJECT #4: BWI Privitatization Memo)
HW#11 assigned
Will be taken from Chapters 8,9, 10

15
May 4

Lecture #13 (Chris Peot, Mark Ramirez, DC Water and Sewer Authority)
Presentations and Marketing for Non-Profits

TEAM PROJECT #6 (project teams assigned)
In-class impromtu short presentation with positive and negative stakeholders

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


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