Course schedule

WEEK	Topic	Reading required	Notes and important dates
1	COURSE PLAN ORIENTATION & INTRODUCTION	CHAPTER ONE HANDOUT No.: 1	Receive Text Book From PSCJ Learning Resource Center
	ACHIEVING SUCCESS THROUGH EFFECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
2	COMMUNICATING IN TEAMS	CHAPTER TWO HANDOUT No.: 2, 3
	WORK PLACE ETIQUETTE BASICS
3	MINUTES OF A MEETING	CHAPTER TWO PP. HANDOUT No.: 4
	VIRTUAL MEETINGS TECHNOLOGIES		QUIZ 1
4	LISTENING COMMUNICATION	CHAPTER TWO HANDOUT No.: 5, 6
	NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION		QUIZ 2
5	COMMUNICATING INTERCULTURALLY	CHAPTER THREE HANDOUT No.: 7	ASSIGNMENT 0NE " Give 2 negative examples of each and mention how these nonverbal communication acts may affect a business " Deadline: Sunday 30, November, 2008
	ETHNOCENTRISM, XENOPHOBIA & STEREOTYPING
6	IMPROVING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATING SKILLS	CHAPTER THREE HANDOUT No.: 8
	TEST 1
7	THE THREE STEP WRITING PROCESS	CHAPTER FOUR HANDOUT No.: 9, 10	CLASS ACTIVITIES Data Show Presentations (3 Points Bonus for Each Participant)
	WRITING BUSINESS MESSAGES
8	USING CONVERSATIONAL TONES	CHAPTER FOUR HANDOUT No.: 11, 12
	ELEMENTS OF A PARAGRAPH
			QUIZ 3
9	COMPLETING BUSINESS MESSAGES	CHAPTER FIVE HANDOUT No.: 13, 14
	WRITING ROUTINE BUSINESS MESSAGES
10	TEST 2 (MID TERM)	CHAPTER SEVEN HANDOUT No.: 15	ASSIGNMENT TWO Research the culture of a certain country from the different continents of the world; North or South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, etc. Deadline: Sunday 4, January, 2009
	WRITING REPORTS & PROPOSALS
11	CONTINUE: ORGANIZING REPORTS	CHAPTER TEN HANDOUT No.: 16	CLASS ACTIVITIES Data Show Presentations (3 Points Bonus for Each Participant)
	FINDING, EVALUATING, AND PROCESSING INFORMATION
12	IMPORTANT TIPS ABOUT RESEARCH ETHICS	CHAPTER TEN HANDOUT No.: 16, 17
	MAKING A GOOD SUMMARY & DRAWING CONCLUSIONS
			QUIZ 4
13	ORAL PRESENTATIONS	CHAPTER ELEVEN HANDOUT No.: 18
	STEPS FOR PLANNING PRESENTATIONS
14	WRITING CAREER RÉSUMÉS	HANDOUT No.: 19
	WHAT EMPLOYEES LOOK FOR IN JOB APPLICANTS MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION		QUIZ 5
15	REVIEW
Final Exam