Estb. 1882

University of the Punjab

Business Communication & Report Writing

1. Effective Communications in Business


i. Importance and Benefits of Effective Communication

ii. Components of Communication

iii. Concepts and Problems of Communication

iv. Nonverbal Communication



2. The Seven C’s of Effective Communication


i. Completeness

ii. Conciseness

iii. Consideration

iv. Concreteness

v. Clarity

vi. Courtesy

vii. Correctness

viii. Clarity

ix. Courtesy

x. Correctness



3. Business Communication and the Global Context


i. Background to international Communication

ii. National Cultural Variables

iii. Individual Cultural Variables



4. Business Communication and the Ethical Context Background to Ethical Contexts


i. Influences on Personal Ethics

ii. Communication and Ethical Issues



5. Business Communication and the Technology Context


i. Managing Information within Organizations

ii. E-Mail

iii. Other Communication Technologies

iv. Managing Information Outside Organizations



6 The Process of tapering Effective Business Messages


v. Five Planning Steps

vi. Basic Organizational Plans

vii. Beginning and Endings

viii. Composing the Message



7 The Appearance and Design of Business Messages


i. Business Letters

ii. Memorandums

iii. Special Timesaving Message Media



8. Good-News and Neutral Messages



i. Organizational Plan

ii. Favorable Replies

iii. Neutral Messages



9. Bad-News Messages


i. The Right Attitude

ii. Plans for Bad-News Messages

iii. Negative Replies to Requests

iv. Unfavorable Unsolicited Messages


10 Persuasive written Messages


i. Organization of Persuasive Messages

ii. Persuasive Requests

iii. Persuasive sales Letters



11 Short Reports


i. Suggestions for Short Reports

ii. Informational Memorandum Reports

iii. Analytical Memorandum Reports

iv. Letter Reports Informational and Analytical


12. Long (Formal) reports


i. Prefatory sections

ii. Supplemental Sections

iii. Presentation of the Long report

iv. Examples of Pages from a Long Analytical Report



13. Proposals



i. Purposes of Proposals

ii. Kinds of Proposals

iii. Parts of Proposals

iv. Short Proposals

v. Short Proposals

vi. Short Proposals

vii. Long Formal Proposals

viii. Writing Style and Appearance



14. Strategies for Successful Speaking and Successful Listening


i. Strategies for Improving Oral Presentations

ii. Strategies for Reducing Stage Fright

iii. Strategies for Improving Listening Skills



15 Strategies for Successful Informative and Persuasive Speaking


i. Purposes of Informative and Persuasive Speaking

ii. Kinds of Informative and Persuasive speaking

iii. Audience Analysis for Informative and Persuasive Speaking

iv. Organization for informative and Persuasive Speaking

v. Supports for Informative and Persuasive Speaking



16 Strategies for successful Interpersonal Communication


i. Dyadic Communication

ii. Interviewing

iii. Telephoning

iv. Dictating



17. Strategies for Successful Business and Group Meetings


i. Background Information on Groups

ii. Purposes and Kinds of Meetings

iii. Solving Problems in Meetings or Groups Leadership Responsibilities in Meetings

iv. Participant Responsibilities in Meetings



18 The Job Application Process-The Written Job Presentation


i. Self-Assessment

ii. Market Assessment

iii. Resume (Vita, Qualification Brief)

iv. Cover Letter to Resume



v. The Job Application Process-Interviews and Follow-up


i. Successful Preparation for the Job Interview

ii. Successful Follow-up Messages After the Interview

iii. Successful Negotiating
Credit hours/ Marks:- 3

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