Read the article "Humor as Serious Business" by S. Tracy, K. Myers, and C. Scott in CommCurrents available at http://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=1121 (Volume 1, Issue 1, November 2006). Discuss the following questions: Why is humor particularly prone to create "harmony or heartbreak" in many organizations? Knowing that increased diversity is a key element of organizational life (reference back to Chapter 1 pg. 7-10) , how can humor help or harm efforts to exist harmoniously? How can organizational members encourage the use of humor in useful ways? What does symbolism have to do with how humor is perceived?

Read the article "Humor as Serious Business" by S. Tracy, K. Myers, and C. Scott in CommCurrents available at http://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=1121 (Volume 1, Issue 1, November 2006). Discuss the following questions: Why is humor particularly prone to create "harmony or heartbreak" in many organizations? Knowing that increased diversity is a key element of organizational life (reference back to Chapter 1 pg. 7-10) , how can humor help or harm efforts to exist harmoniously? How can organizational members encourage the use of humor in useful ways? What does symbolism have to do with how humor is perceived?