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Universitatea de Științe Agronomice și Medicină Veterinară București
Facultatea de Management, Inginerie Economică și Dezvoltare Rurală
Specializare: IMAPA
Jilăveanu Mădălina
Grupa 8212
Most business people have been in situations
where lack of communication or poor communication
caused an adverse result. Not understanding the
important role communication plays in everyday business
transactions can cause delayed projects, dissatisfied
customers and angry stockholders.
While the overall role of good business
communication is to provide clarity for all concerned, the
role changes depend on business goals and the audience
at hand.
Good business communication means that the message you want to send is
received by your audience without any distortion in the meaning. It is easier to
do this in person or over the phone because you get instant feedback as to
whether you are understood.
The role of good business communication is to reduce or greatly eliminate
the dissonance that occurs when one person is communicating with one other
person or, more commonly, with many others.
If your company is planning new
products or services, communication
can play a pivotal role in how good
your product is, how fast you bring it
to market and how well your sales
force performs. New product
development is often accomplished in
small teams working together.
New product development
communication needs to be concise
and accurately worded and generally
the communication needs to be
archived for future reference. If your
company is developing a complicated
automotive product, plans, spec sheets
and email memos need to be available
to all teammates as well as meeting
recaps and minutes.
If your company is faced with a business downturn,
the CEO can do much to bolster employee morale. This is
an example of "one-to-many" communication where the
CEO talks to employees in a company-wide meeting.
Whether the CEO is an extrovert or an introvert, a natural
communicator or one who does not relish the role, his
style is less important than substance.
If he is honest and open about the firm's prospects and
what actions are under consideration to alleviate the
situation, employees will most likely respond positively.
A salesperson calling on individual
accounts must typically master the art of one-
to-one communications. In this situation a
salesperson must be able to communicate
product benefits, price, payment terms and
other aspects of the sale in a clear and
unambiguous way. If a prospect is on the
fence as to whether he will buy, the
salesperson must be adept at reading body
language and overcoming objections.
Company marketing materials are
representative of the one-to-many
communications type. They come from the
company and are directed to a large
audience of past, current and potential
customers.
Sales and marketing communications
have a role in shaping the company's image.
To better understand if the role communication plays in your company needs
improvement, undertake a communications audit. Typically this is accomplished
via a short questionnaire where everyone in the company is asked to respond
honestly.
Questions about how well employees perceive internal communications as
well as how they see company communications with outside customers,
suppliers and other stakeholders are included.
Results are analyzed and communicated with employees in an effort to
improve the role communications plays in the company.

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The role of communication in business

  • 1. Universitatea de Științe Agronomice și Medicină Veterinară București Facultatea de Management, Inginerie Economică și Dezvoltare Rurală Specializare: IMAPA Jilăveanu Mădălina Grupa 8212
  • 2. Most business people have been in situations where lack of communication or poor communication caused an adverse result. Not understanding the important role communication plays in everyday business transactions can cause delayed projects, dissatisfied customers and angry stockholders. While the overall role of good business communication is to provide clarity for all concerned, the role changes depend on business goals and the audience at hand.
  • 3. Good business communication means that the message you want to send is received by your audience without any distortion in the meaning. It is easier to do this in person or over the phone because you get instant feedback as to whether you are understood. The role of good business communication is to reduce or greatly eliminate the dissonance that occurs when one person is communicating with one other person or, more commonly, with many others.
  • 4. If your company is planning new products or services, communication can play a pivotal role in how good your product is, how fast you bring it to market and how well your sales force performs. New product development is often accomplished in small teams working together. New product development communication needs to be concise and accurately worded and generally the communication needs to be archived for future reference. If your company is developing a complicated automotive product, plans, spec sheets and email memos need to be available to all teammates as well as meeting recaps and minutes.
  • 5. If your company is faced with a business downturn, the CEO can do much to bolster employee morale. This is an example of "one-to-many" communication where the CEO talks to employees in a company-wide meeting. Whether the CEO is an extrovert or an introvert, a natural communicator or one who does not relish the role, his style is less important than substance. If he is honest and open about the firm's prospects and what actions are under consideration to alleviate the situation, employees will most likely respond positively.
  • 6. A salesperson calling on individual accounts must typically master the art of one- to-one communications. In this situation a salesperson must be able to communicate product benefits, price, payment terms and other aspects of the sale in a clear and unambiguous way. If a prospect is on the fence as to whether he will buy, the salesperson must be adept at reading body language and overcoming objections. Company marketing materials are representative of the one-to-many communications type. They come from the company and are directed to a large audience of past, current and potential customers. Sales and marketing communications have a role in shaping the company's image.
  • 7. To better understand if the role communication plays in your company needs improvement, undertake a communications audit. Typically this is accomplished via a short questionnaire where everyone in the company is asked to respond honestly. Questions about how well employees perceive internal communications as well as how they see company communications with outside customers, suppliers and other stakeholders are included. Results are analyzed and communicated with employees in an effort to improve the role communications plays in the company.