James S. O'Rourke

Professor of Management
Office: 234B Mendoza College of Business
Phone: 574-631-8397
Email: ORourke.2@nd.edu
Areas of Expertise
Corporate communication, reputation management, public speaking, business writing
The Arthur F. and Mary J. O’Neil Director of Notre Dame’s Fanning Center for Business Communication, O’Rourke is the author of 17 textbooks, including “Effective Communication,” “Management Communication” and “The Truth About Confident Presenting.” He is principal author or directing editor of more than 200 case studies in management and corporate communication. A trustee of both the Arthur W. Page Society and the Institute for Public Relations, O’Rourke also is a member of the Reputation Institute and the Management Communication Association and regularly serves as a consultant to Fortune 500 and mid-size businesses throughout North America.
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IN THE NEWS
USA Today—Prayer, housekeeping on first day for Pope Francis
BBC—US Postal Service to end Saturday letter delivery
Associated Press—Goodbye Saturday mail? Postal Service plans cuts
Los Angeles Times—For BP, restoring its image is a bigger task than paying billions
Bloomberg—U.S. Postal Service Posts Quarterly Loss of $5.2 Billion
Los Angeles Times—Many businesses seek favor among LGBT customers
CNN.com (op-ed)—Why Encyclopedia Britannica mattered
USA Today—News Corp execs don’t admit role in phone hacking
CNN Money.com—Murdoch won’t leave News Corp.
Chicago Tribune—Phone-hacking scandal could force Murdoch to let go of newspapers
Market Watch—How Murdoch can satisfy Wall Street
Los Angeles Times—Murdoch’s newspaper holdings go from Trojan horse to Achilles’ heel
Los Angeles Times—Phone-hacking scandal could force Murdoch to let go of newspapers
Wall Street Journal—Public relations learned the hard way
Christian Science Monitor—Oil spill cleanup: After digging deep to kill well, BP faces long climb
HP Consultant APCO Built Crisis Business on WorldCom Testimony, Vioxx Suit—Bloomberg
ND prof says oil spill a public relations “crisis” for BP—WNDU-TV
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