Crisis Communication: CMN 6050
Course Description:
"Examines crisis communication from the perspective of practitioners as well as academics. Both groups have examined accommodation as well as avoidance strategies for crisis communication. Crises are a fact of life in organizations. Natural disasters, sexual harassment charges, psychopathic acts, and product callbacks are a few situations that require intelligent communication to internal and external stakeholders. Includes analysis of several crisis-communication studies, including recommendations for “what I would have done instead.†Reviews the elements of an effective crisis communication plan and development of communication tactics for a range of stakeholder audiences."