Center for Business Communication

Graduate School of Industrial Administration

Carnegie Mellon University


Executive Continuing Education

Programs & Courses

 

The executive continuing education program was designed to deliver high-quality training and development programs and to promote best communication practices in business organizations. Executives and managers may select from courses available or work with the center faculty to create custom programs to meet specific needs. Courses available on-campus or at your site.

Executive Presentations
Prorgam helps executives and managers prepare, package, and enhance their business presentations. Participants rehearse actual or case-based presentations and receive professional rhetorical critiques and delivery advice along with a video log of each presentation. (Custom Programs & Open Enrollment Courses)
Effective TV-Media Relations
Program prepares executives and managers to work more productively with the print and electronic media. The mock media interviews are designed to help participants get specific and appropiate company messages across on camera. (Custom Programs & Open Enrollment Courses)
Negotiation & Conflict Management
Program teaches win-win negotiation strategies and helps executives manage workplace conflicts more effectively. (Custom Programs & Open Enrollment Courses)
Executive Writing Strategies
Program focuses attention on the reader's needs to develop communication strategies designed to help executives and managers prepare and package powerful documents that deliver persuasive messages to investors, shareholders, employees, and clients. (Custom Program)
Managing Change Communication

Program helps executives and managers who need to develop a company-wide communication strategy for successfully communicating change initatives to employees. Structured communication planning tools 1) analyze employee/stakeholders' resistance, concerns, issues, and questions; 2) evaluate appropiate communication channels for packaging and delivering change messages; and 3) prepare effective messages. Structured communication audits provide guidelines for assessing change messages. (Custom Programs & Open Enrollment Courses)

Selling Corporate Visions
 
Program helps executives and managers develop a company-wide communication strategy for successfully communicating new visions to employees. Structured communication planning tools help 1) analyze audience concerns, issues, and questions; 2) evaluate appropiate communication channels for packaging and delivering and repeating vision messages; and 3) prepare effective vision communications. Structured communication audits provide guidelines for assessing vision messages. (Custom Programs)

High-Stakes Presentations and Speeches

This course helps executives and/or management teams develop a specific high stakes presentation or speech targeting a particular audience. company-wide communication strategy for successfully communicating new visions to employees. Structured communication planning tools help 1) analyze audience concerns, issues, and questions; 2) evaluate appropiate communication channels for packaging and delivering and repeating vision messages; and 3) prepare effective vision communications. Structured communication audits provide guidelines for assessing vision messages. (Custom Programs)

Executive Coaching
This program offers confidential one-on-one coaching that focuses on developing an executive's or manager's particular communication ability. (Custom Program)
 
Effective Performance Appraisals
This applied communication course helps managers adopt a developmental communication style and approach that creates more productive performance apprasial reviews and more productive employees. (Custom Programs)
 

Contact Information:
Dr. Thomas Hajduk, Director

Center for Business Communication

Carnegie Mellon University

Graduate School of Industrial Administration

GSIA Building, Room 331

Frew & Tech Streets

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

Center: 412-268-5870

Office: 412-268-1370

Fax: 412-268-7064

Email: hajduk@cmu.edu

CBC Web Site: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/hajduk/CBC-Home.html