SL136598-Winter 2020-EDRD*3140*DE Organizational Communication

Sessional Lecturer Work Assignment
Sessional Lecturer, Unit 2
Academic Unit: 
School of Env. Design and Rural Dev.
Semester(s) of Assignment(s): 
Winter 2020
Number of Available Work Assignment(s) / Sections: 
1
Level of Work Assignment(s): 
1
Right of First Refusal (RoFR)
A Sessional Lecturer holds a RoFR (i.e., for a particular course) if they have successfully taught the course in the past six (6) semesters. A SL who holds a RoFR to this course is required to exercise their right by way of the online hiring system. Also see: What is Right of First Refusal (RoFR)?
A Sessional Lecturer Currently Holds a Right of First Refusal for this Course: 
Yes
Number of Assignments that Carry the Right of First Refusal: 
1
Course Details
Course Number: 
EDRD*3140*DE
Course Name: 
Organizational Communication
Course Format: 
DE
Course Description: 
See Course Calendar
Projected Class Enrolment: 
300
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities: 
Orientation-Training
Preparation
Student Consultation
Email Correspondence/Monitoring
Invigilating Exams
Grading
Other Duties (specified below)
Other Duties Described: 
The candidate is expected to: access and interact with students on the course website a minimum of once each week consistently through the semester; dedicate time (several hours) at the end of each of the five two-week modules to mark student participation and provide timely feedback to students; grade group assignments and final exams, and report back to Open Learning; consistently and regularly facilitate student-directed learning in an on-line environment; provide timely constructive feedback; supervise GTAs
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Degree: 
Masters related to field
Prior Teaching Experience: 
Successful teaching related to field at college or university level
Required competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: 
Experience in communication studies, organizational development, conflict management studies, or rural extension
Preferred Qualifications
Specific Preferred competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: 
This course explores the application of communication process theory to organizations with special emphasis on internal organizational processes experienced at individual, group, and organizational levels. Students examine communication in different organizational contexts including civil society, government, business, and transnational corporations.
Days Required and Wages
Days and Times Required: 
Distance Education
Period of the Work Agreement (Start Date and End Date): 
January 2, 2020 to April 27, 2020
Wages (per semester, per full-load): 
minimum $7,430.26 (effective 2019/20)
Other Posting Information
Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day): 
Friday, November 1, 2019
Posting Email Contact: 
edrdpost@uoguelph.ca
Hiring Contact Information: 
Jennifer McCreary - Administrative Officer, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Address: 102A Landscape Architecture Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 - Phone: (519)824-4120 x53353 - Email: mccrearj@uoguelph.ca

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution. For more information, the Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) is a welcoming, safe and confidential one-stop shop for information, training and support on issues relating to diversity and human rights on our campus.
SL work assignments are unionized with CUPE3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 2 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: president@cupe3913.on.ca).

All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada specifically at the University of Guelph before applying for an academic work assignment. All successful applicants must reside in Ontario and must be able to attend on-campus in-person meetings as required