Organizational Communication – including emphases in Technical Writing and Training & Development – focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within organizations across various contexts, cultures, channels and media through the effective and ethical practice of human communication.

• Technical Writing: Focus on the process of synthesizing technical information into messages easily understood by a given audience.  Technical writers produce organizational policy, training manuals, employee newsletters, brochures, grant applications and annual reports.
• Training & Development: Focus on communication knowledge and skills needed to conduct training needs assessments for diverse groups; design workshops; write training manuals; evaluate classroom, technology and equipment needs; promote training within the organization; advise individuals and groups on problems that might be resolved through training; and evaluate training outcomes in terms of individual and organizational development.

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