Communication Article

Business Communication Skills: How vital is it?

from: Christine Gray




Business communication is not solely confined to the use of the office support systems such as the telephone, fax machine, computers, and so on. It extends to having to personally meet with clients and business partners. The business communication skills must therefore cover the proficiency both in the oral and the written forms.



Your business communication skills should be complete and flawless. This is business and we are talking about investments. As one business entrepreneur, you should be able to decipher ways and means in order to bridge the gap that exists between you and your staff.



Or, if you are simply an office personnel who take charge of the incoming and outgoing communication based-elements, you should be in the utmost fitness so that you will be very effective in your task. The business arena is so vast and is moving at a top speed so any negligence on your part will automatically drive the customers into the midst of another business firm.



If you lack the expertise in business communication skills, worry not because there are a lot of sources for learning its ropes. Among them are pamphlets, books, and even special courses. You can always grab any opportunity that will hone your business communication skills.



Most of the times, business communications are in written forms. So you will have to write a report, prepare the proposals, complete the staff study delegated to you, and then create a business letter that you will be sending out to whoever is the concerned individual of another business firm. So what are to be noted when writing a business communication? First, you should recognize the purpose or problem to be tackled in the letter and then to think about the content of the letter so that the goal you are into could therefore be achieved. After which, your ideas must be carefully organized so that its presentation will hence be chronological. During the writing of the draft, you must be wary in every word that you include. Editing follows. When the draft requires revisions, do it. Then a meticulous editing should again be done before the final draft is to be sent out. Business communications are formal so you should have the skill that will produce such kind of output.



Bear in your mind that business communication is the transmission of valuable ideas. Therefore, proper words must be carefully chosen and used per sentence. There must also be unity in the thought expressed in the paragraphs. Anyone who is in-charged in writing business communication letters should be well-versed with the language to be used and should possess high standards of business communication skills. An effective business communication writer is said to be able to transmit and provoke feelings and likewise is able to convey ideas and facts to the other party.



Within the company itself, business communication happens such as when going about with the conveyance of ideas and thoughts to the suppliers, employees, employers, distributors, dealers, manufacturers, vendors, customers, community groups, and the likes. It is hence a must that the communication letter is simple, formal, and well-understood or else no successful communication process can be achieved. When doing business communication orally, you have to be fluent in the medium of language you use.



It is rather necessary that your business communication skills are sharpened once in a while so that you will not lose hold of your success.



Christine Gray is a recognized authority on the subject of communication skills. Her website www.selfimprovementsguide.com provides a wealth of informative articles and resources on everything you will need to know about self improvement. All rights reserved. Articles may be reprinted as long as the content and links remains intact and unchanged.