Thomas J. Hajduk

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Director, Center for Business Communication; Associate Teaching Professor of Business Management Communication and Entrepreneurship

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Management communication, change management communication, corporate communication, crisis communication, interpersonal communication, high-stakes presentations, visual communication techniques and strategies, business communication technology and tools. Research focuses on incorporating behavioral, social, coordination, and group process theory in the design of technology and tools for structuring informational tasks and communication in business.

Website and/or personal homepage:
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/hajduk

Editorial Boards:

• Journal of Business Communication, 2001-
• Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 1998-

Boards:

• Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh, 1980-1988

Consulting:

• Alcoa
• Medrad
• NASA
• U.S. Air Force
• Multiple High-Tech Start-ups
• DQE / Duquense Light
• Merrill Lynch
• Department of Defense

Other Professional Activities:

• Software Development--Writer's Options: Interactive Software to Encourage the Planning, Drafting and Revising Processes (1995)
• Co-Chair, Association for Business Communication's MBA Consortium (1998-2004)
• McKinsey & Company's Enterprize Business Plan Competition (2000, 2001)
• Chair, Association for Business (2001)
• Program Chair, Management Communication Association, National Conference (2001)

Courses Taught:

• Presenting and Decision Making (45-791)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2008, Mini 1 (Section: A)
  • 2008, Mini 1 (Section: D)
  • 2008, Mini 1 (Section: H)
  • 2008, Mini 1 (Section: I)
  • 2007, Mini 1 (Section: A)
  • 2007, Mini 1 (Section: D)
  • 2007, Mini 1 (Section: G)
  • 2007, Mini 1 (Section: R)
  
  
• Management Presentations (45-793)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: A)
  • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: C)
  • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: H)
  • 2007, Mini 2 (Section: A)
  • 2007, Mini 2 (Section: C)
  • 2007, Mini 2 (Section: F)
  • 2007, Mini 2 (Section: K)
  
  
• Developing and Funding Your Venture (45-889)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2008, Spring (Section: E)
  
  
• High-Stakes Presentations (45-955)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2009, Mini 4 (Section: M)
  • 2007, Mini 4 (Section: E)
  • 2007, Mini 3 (Section: A)
  
  
• Oral Communications (70-345)
  (BSBA Program)
  • 2009, Spring (Section: C)
  • 2009, Spring (Section: D)
  • 2007, Fall (Section: B)