Author: Saiful Islam

Speech is one of the popular media of oral communication. Speech has many advantages in conducting, social, religious and political activities. The major merits or, advantages of speech are as follows: Advantages of Effective Speech Saving time and labour Speech helps to transmit a message quickly to a large number of audiences at a time. Therefore, when a message need to be communicated to a large audience immediately, speech is most appropriate. Reducing cost Speech also helps to reduce cost of transmitting message. It does not require use of any stationary or telephone. Hence, cost remains minimum. Appropriate persuasion Speech…

What is meant by Satellite? The objects that move around the earth or any other planet constantly staying on their own orbits are known as satellite. For example, moon is the satellite of the planet ‘Earth’. The other planets of the solar region have also one or more satellite (S). Recently, the scientists have made artificial satellites and these are sent to the outer space through buster rockets. Then they start to move round the earth. The equilibrium between the centrifugal power of satellite and the gravitation power of the earth enables the satellite to move round the earth keeping…

Cross-cultural communication has become essential to communicate with multi-cultural people. The following guidelines will help global managers to communicate effectively across cultures: Improving feedback system: One of the most important ways of improving the effectiveness of cross-cultural communication is to open up feedback systems. People in the organization should develop multiple feedback systems such as through face to face meetings, telephone conversations, e-mail, reports, etc. Providing language training: Besides improving feedback systems, another way to make communication more effective is through language training. When the organizational participants are diverse in respect of language, they will fail to communicate effectively with…

The term ‘secretary’ is derived from the Latin word ‘secretarius’, the meaning of which is ‘a confidential officer.’ Secretary is one to whom secret matters are entrusted and he has to maintain secrecy of the works he deals with. In earlier times, a secretary was entrusted only to conduct correspondence for kings and other high dignitaries. Now in modern times, the duties and functions of company secretary have become very wide and varied as compared to the ancient concept. Now a day, company secretary is one of the most important persons who perform some specified duties in the company from…

Communication through grapevine is a matter of spontaneous feelings. Some personal matters and other situations may cause these feelings. Keith Davis said in this regard- “The grapevine is more a product of situation than it is of the person.” Typical examples of situations prompting grapevines include layoffs, takeovers, promotions, introduction of new technology, etc. However, personal factors also encourage involving in grapevine actively. The probable causes that may activate the grapevine are discussed below: Emotion of employees: Some organizational issues like insecurity of service, uncertainty of promotion, prohibition to form and enter into trade unions, undermining the role of subordinates…