Business Communication

Complete Instructions:

Please write a paper in response to the topic stated below. Your paper should be approximately six double-spaced pages long (not shorter than five or longer than seven pages). Please use standard margins (one inch) and fonts (11 or 12 point), and include page numbers. Please do not tweak fonts or page layouts to alter the number of pages you submit. I require that you write in an academic tone and style; however, you may use the pronoun “I” when logical to do so. This topic is a starting point, but it needs to be narrowed down, sharpened, and crafted into the basis of an argument. In your paper, you must defend a position based on a clear thesis statement.

In the paper, you should make specific references to our course readings and/or classes. You may also refer to other sources; however, the argument and analysis should be your own. Please do not rely on the opinions of literary or other scholars. Your job is to apply the theories and ideas you have encountered so far in the course to the novel.

Please cite your sources by following APA or MLA documentation conventions. You may learn about citation at Purdue University’s OWL website, easily accessible via Google. Write carefully and grammatically; the quality of your writing counts.

Topic: Please apply one of the theories or ideas we have been discussing and reading about this term to George Orwell’s novel 1984. As you do so, first, discuss what Orwell is saying about a specific aspect of organizational life, values, and/or meanings in this book; second, using specific examples from the novel and from real contemporary organizations, assess whether the idea you have discussed applies to contemporary organizational life.

Class Material:

Main Source: Organizational Communication: Balancing Creativity and Constraint, 8th Edition, by Eric M Eisenberg, H.L. Goodall Jr., Marianne Le Greco an Angela Trethewey. Focus on Chapters 1 – 6.