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 Contact:
Email: barrett@rice.edu
Office
Rm. 238
Mailstop: MS-531
Phone: 713-348-5394 |
Teaching Areas:
Executive Development, Action Learning Project, Business Communication, Interpersonal Communications, Oral Presentations, Written Communications, Interviewing, Motivating Employees, Negotiation, Teams, Executive Education, Graduate Business Education, Technology in Teaching, International business and globalization, Change Management, Communicating with Employees, Influencing People, Leadership Scholarly Areas:
Business Communications Teams, Change Communications, Employment Relations, Organizational Effectiveness, Cost Effective Use of Technology in Teaching, Leadership, Training Affiliations:
Member
Academy of Management
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Association for Business Communication
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Conference on College Composition and Communication
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Management Communication Association
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National Association for Female Executives
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Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research
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Society for Technical Communication
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Grants:
Use of Technology in MBA Communication Mellon Foundation
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| Education:
| B.A. (1972) University of Houston | | M.A. (1977) University of Houston | | Ph.D. (1983) Rice University |
Bio Statement:
Dr. Deborah J. Barrett is Professor of the Practice of Professional Communication for Rice University.
Dr. Barrett’s expertise extends to the areas of internal and external communication strategies; cross-cultural communication; change management; management and internal consulting; team management; virtual teams; merger and acquisition communication; vision/strategy development programs; and communication development and assessment. Her industry expertise includes energy, high-tech, consulting, education, and the arts.
Dr. Barrett has taught communication for over 25 years, specializing in professional and team communication for the last 20 years. She has taught at Rice University, where she was a lecturer in managerial communications in the MBA program from 1988-1991; at Texas A&M University, where she was a visiting assistant professor in technical writing; and at Houston Baptist University, where she was an associate professor in English and director of the writing specialization and English internship programs. She has coached executives and conducted numerous workshops on writing, presentations, teams, negotiations, consulting, and intrapreneurship for organizations across the world. Her approach to effective professional communication, called, “leadership communication,” is the title of her book, published by McGraw-Hill in 2005.
Before rejoining the faculty of Rice University in 1998, Dr. Barrett was a senior managing director of Hill and Knowlton, Houston. Prior to Hill and Knowlton, she was a communication consultant with McKinsey & Company for over five years. With McKinsey, she served as a leader in the change communication practice, developed and conducted Firm training, and worked on communication and general management consulting projects for McKinsey clients throughout the world.
Research Statement:
Dr. Deborah J. Barrett is currently researching cross-cultural communication in major change programs and the state and future of MBA communications. Publications:
Book
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2006. Core Leadership Communication: Business Writing and Speaking for Today's Leaders. McGraw-Hill
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Journal Articles
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2006. "Successful Cross-Cultural Communication During Major Change." International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, & Change Management
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2005. "Strong Communication Skills a Must for Today's Leaders." Handbook of Business Strategy Emerald Press 385-390
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2002. "Achieving Results in MBA Communications." Business Communication Quarterly 65 93-98
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2002. "Change Communication: Using Strategic Employee Communication to Facilitate Major Change." Corporate Communications: An International Journal 7 219-231
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2004. "The Power of PowerPoint: Providing MBAs a Leadership Edge." Association for Business Communication Conference Proceedings 2004 Association for Business Communication
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Book Chapters
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2003. "A Best Practice Approach to Change Communication." Corporate Communication: A Handbook of Best Practices London Kogan Page 20
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Book
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2007. Leadership Communication, 2nd edition. McGraw-Hill
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Book Chapters
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2005. "FSWE - On Communication." Foreign Service Written Exam Review and Practice Wiley Press
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Book
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2005. Leadership Communication. Leadership Communication New York McGraw-Hill
| Barrett, Deborah J. 1991. Five C-Approach to Effective Business Communication.
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Other
| Barrett, Deborah J. 2003. "Review of Leading Organizations Through Transition." Journal of Business Communication Thousand Oaks Sage
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Research in Progress:
Barrett, Deborah J & Melinda Knight."The Future of MBA Communication."
| Barrett, Deborah J & Melinda Knight."The State of MBA Communication."
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Recognition and Relationships:
CFO Magazine, "Talking Points" CFO Magazine 5/28/2006.
| Highly Commended Award for Outstanding Publication, Corporate Communication: An International Journal - Emerald Press, 11/13/2003
| RT Image, "Training for success: Helpful hints for conducting team meetings" 4/5/2004.
| Your Houston Business, "Change Management Begins, and Succeeds, with Communication" 12/28/2004.
| Presentations.com, "The Writing on the Wall" 6/23/2004.
| Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Baltimore Sun, New York Newsday, etc., "Mistakes can offer workers change to shine" 2/15/2004.
| Continental Magazine, "Start Making Sense" 7/28/2003.
| Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, "Employee communications firms merge" 9/5/2003.
| Business Communication Quarterly Editorial Board for Articles and Book Reviewer.
| Crestwood-Glencove Civic Association President .
| Houston Grand Opera Marketing Commitee.
| Continental Magazine, "Taking Action" 4/23/2001.
| Continental Magazine, "The Mind of the Manager - Presentations" 3/23/2000.
| Entrepreneur Magazine, "Don't Go Changing" 3/23/2000.
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Services to Profession:
"Approach to Managing the Challenges of Cross-Cultural Communication in Today's Organizations", June 2006. Association for Business Communication
| "Including Cross-cultural Analysis when Teaching Communication Strategy", November 2006. Association for Business Communication
| "Strengthening Leadership Communication by Developing Emotional Intelligence", March 2005. Dubai, UAE - Women as Global Leaders Conference, Zayed University
| Leadership Communication: The Current and Future State of MBA Communication, October 2005.
| "Cross-Cultural Communication in Major Change Programs", July 2005. Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations
| "The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Managerial Communication Courses", June 2005. Management Communication Association
| "The Power of PowerPoint", November 2004. ABC Paper, Association for Business Communication Conference 2004
| "Leadership Communication: A Definition and a Defense", November 2002. Association for Business Communication ABC Conference, Cincinnati
| "Best Practices in Employee Communication: Establishing a Foundation for Organizational Change", May 2003. Association for Business Communication European Conference
| "Connecting Ethos and Ethics in MBA Leadership Communication", October 2003. Assocation for Business Communication Annual Convention - Albuquerque, New Mexico
| "Learning to Manage the Challenges of Working in Virtual Teams,", Europe, Aarhus, Denmark, May 2002. Association for Business Communication
| Use of Technology in University Level Instruction: The Final Report on the Use of Technology in MBA Communications, April 2002. Mellon Foundation Sponsored Research
| "IntegratingTeam and Communications in MBA Programs,", June 2001. Advances in Team Learning Conference, Boston University
| "Measuring the Success of a New Approach to MBA Communication", San Diego, November 2001. Association for Business Communication Conference
| "Improving Global Communication and Team Work by Aplying Lessons Learned Using Virtual Teams,", Dresden Germany, May 2001. Association for Communication Conference Association for Business Communication Conference
| Intrapreneurship, Houston, April 2000. Society for Technical Communication
| "Using Myers-Briggs to Develop MBA Teams,", Atlanta, October 2000. Association for Business Communication Conference
| Associate Editor, Journal of Management from 2005 - present Common Ground.
| Reviewer, Special Issue, International MBA Communication, Special Issue, Business Communication Quarterly from 2004-2005 .
| Article reviewer, Business Communication Quarterly from 2002-2005 Association for Business Communication.
| Book Reviewer, Journal of Business Communication from 2002-present Association for Business Communication.
| Strategic Communication, Madrid, Spain, January 2006. Instituto de Empresa Lectures for International MBA Program
| Chair, Change Management Session, August 2006. Academy of Management Annual Meeting
| Chair, AACSB Liaison Committee, ABC, 2004-2006
| AACSB Committee, 2001-2004Assn. for Business Communication
| Conference Paper Reviewer, Academy of Management from January 2006 .
| Reviewer, Review Books for Thomson Learning from 2004-2005 Thomson Learning.
| Editor, Corporate Communication: An International Journal from 2005 to present Emerald Press.
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