Bringing Communication Theory Into the Management Classroom: Rejoinder to "Critical Language and Discourse Awareness in Management Education". (December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brandhorst, Jaclyn K.
• Is Part Of: Journal of management education. Volume 43:Number 6(2019)
• Page Start: 673
• Page End: 679
• Publication Date: 2019-12
• Subjects: management education -- communication theory -- business communication -- organizational communication; Management -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Executives -- Training of -- Periodicals; Organizational behavior -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 658
• DOI: 10.1177/1052562919867983
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1052-5629

Abstract

Erika Darics's recent article "Critical Language and Discourse Awareness in Management Education" called for a more nuanced appreciation of language and communication in the management classroom. In this rejoinder, I share insights from my own background in organizational communication and discuss how I incorporate communication theory into the courses I teach in management and business communication in an effort to help students develop a critical consciousness of the ways in which communication shapes their social realities. In doing so, I also answer Darics's call for a stronger interdisciplinary relationship between organizational and language/communication scholarship.