Author: Saiful Islam
👋 Hi, I am Saiful Islam. I completed my Honors and Masters in Management, and I enjoy writing about Business Communication. Here, I share practical insights and ideas to help readers improve their professional and academic communication skills.
At the end of financial year, the directors draft a short statement on the overall activities of the company which is called director’s report. This is attached to the company’s annual report. Such a report indicates whether there had been any change in the company’s nature of business. It is an instrument through which the Board describes the business performance during last financial year and prospect in the years to come. The companies Act requires that the director’s report should deal with the company’s affairs in general and indicate the amount recommended as dividend and the amount proposed to be…
Business letter is an important tool in business communication. It transmits business related information to the concerned parties. Generally, a business letter is composed of some parts. The most important part of a letter is its body that contains the message of the letter. In order to make the message easy and clear, the body of a letter is divided into various paragraphs. The nature of messages inserted in various paragraphs of a letter or the functions of various paragraphs are discussed below: Function of the first paragraph The first paragraph should contain information that can draw the reader’s attention…
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…
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…
Audible communication is an important method of non-verbal communication. When communication is done by using any non-word sound, it is called audible communication. In this method of communication message is conveyed to the receiver by reaching sound to his car. By hearing the sound the listener perceives the message and sends reaction as regard to the sender’s message. Horns of motor vehicles, sound of calling bells, alarm of clocks, telephone rings, school-bells etc. are the prominent media of audible communication. It is often called audio communication. Media Of Audible Communication When communication is done by reaching any non-word sound to…