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Business Communication Skills For Managers: Module 1: Communicating in Business

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Business Communication

Skills for Managers


Module 1: Communicating in Business
Effective Communication in
Business
Becoming a Better Employee
• How can things go
wrong in
communication?

• How can
communication be
improved?
The Business Audience
• Primary vs. secondary audience
• the audience that your communication is intended for
• the group of people that aren’t real stakeholders in your
communication

• Manage information, language, depth of topic


The Business Audience (cont.)
Social Communication Model
Writing in Business
• Rely on seven principles of business communication
• clear
• concise
• objective
• consistent
• complete
• relevant
• considerate of audience knowledge

• Personal vs. professional communication: level of


formality
Writing in Business (cont.)
Phone System Outage
If you had to write a
communication to your team
about a phone system outage,
what should you include to make
the message effective?
Methods of Communication
Listening
Verbal Communication

Spoken Communication Written Communication


• Less Formal • More Formal
• Synchronous • Asynchronous
• Build a sense of trust • More impersonal
Verbal Communication (cont.)
Benefits of Spoken Communication
• easier to understand
• more chance for feedback
• emotional
• allows for input
• creates relationships,
• bonds to listeners,
• higher degree of certainty
Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal: showing forms of interest

Reveals type of communicator

Maximizes impact
Ethics in Business
Communication
Guidelines for Ethical
Communication
Follow the seven principles: stay clear, concise, support
audience

Honesty, accuracy, support, credit


Guidelines for Ethical
Communication (cont.)
Examples of Unethical Practices:

• Daily World Update


• General Motors
Principles of Ethical Decision Making
No particular set, but
seven common principles
Being Ethical Online
When posting: factual information, ensure confidentiality

When using materials: check sources, integrity/copyright


Staying Connected
Staying Connected: Colleagues
Document and work sharing
tools (OneNote)

Private messaging, “chat” tools


(texting, Slack)

Video communication (Skype,


Google Hangouts)
Staying Connected: Customers
Communication sharing tools

Company website

Social Media

Private messaging/video chat


Quick Review
• Evaluate conversations using seven principles
• Social communication model
• message
• noise
• feedback
• Verbal vs. nonverbal communication
• Ethical communication

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