MGMTCOM 570
Effective Advocacy
Christine B. Howell
Description from DukeHub
Builds on the skills and concepts that students learned in Management Communication core courses. Focus on advocacy skills, team skills, collaborative skills, and the ability to communicate strategically individually and as a team in written and oral form. Students refine their ability to construct persuasive arguments and move beyond mere persuasion to advocacy. They learn how to challenge others' viewpoints and positions effectively and strategically. Students master the ability to manage questions and challenges gracefully in highly interactive communication situations. Students learn advocacy skills; manage communication; construct written and oral messages; analyze and respond to complex communication situations, and anticipate and answer challenges and counter arguments. This course is for Daytime MBA and Accelerated Daytime MBA students.
Skills
- writingdescription: "written" and 1 more
- public speakingdescription: "advocacy" and 2 more
- negotiationdescription: "persuasive" and 1 more
- leadershipdescription: "team" and 1 more
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "team"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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