This paper outlines an instructional paradigm which can be utilized in any learning environment and discusses four instructional strategies which can be implemented in the teaching of organizational communication within a given instructional system. The instructional system, as defined in this paper, is a collection of people and things that has the purpose of changing the capabilities of a group of students through learning and should be designed to insure that changes in student capabilities take place. The four general considerations for developing an instructional system are explained and so is the importance of role playing in developing an instructional paradigm for organizational communication. The usefulness of an internship for students majoring in organizational communication is also discussed. (RB)