Developing Oral Business Communication Skills
Developing Oral Business Communication Skills
Unit 6
Unit 6 Developing Oral Business Communication Skills
Structure
6.1 6.2 Introduction Objectives Advantages of Oral Communication Self Assessment Questions 6.3 Oral Business Presentations 6.3.1 Steps in making Oral Presentations Self Assessment Questions 6.3.2 Using Visual Aids to Support Presentations Self Assessment Questions 6.4 Summary Terminal Questions Answers to SAQ’s and TQ’s 6.1 Introduction Irrespective of your field or the type of job that you choose to take up, developing good oral communication skills is a must. Oral skills are needed for making effective presentations, participating in and conducting meetings, dealing with customers and interacting on a daytoday basis with your superiors, peers and subordinates within the organization. Your oral communication skills often reveal your personality. Speaking effectively also gives you great visibility and confidence and can contribute to your career success. As you go up the corporate ladder, presentation speaking skills become more important than technical skills. Your ability to organize your ideas, present them and sell them to others is what determines your success. Surveys have revealed that business executives spend a good deal of time making presentations of different types. Whatever the nature of the presentation, it requires planning, developing a structure and strategy and using supports, to make it effective. This unit provides some detailed guidelines for enhancing the effectiveness of business presentations.
Sikkim Manipal University
98
Developing Oral Business Communication Skills
Unit 6
Learning Objectives: After studying this unit, you should be able to.
1. Understand the advantages of oral communication skills in a business context 2. Classify oral communication into different
Unit 6
Unit 6 Developing Oral Business Communication Skills
Structure
6.1 6.2 Introduction Objectives Advantages of Oral Communication Self Assessment Questions 6.3 Oral Business Presentations 6.3.1 Steps in making Oral Presentations Self Assessment Questions 6.3.2 Using Visual Aids to Support Presentations Self Assessment Questions 6.4 Summary Terminal Questions Answers to SAQ’s and TQ’s 6.1 Introduction Irrespective of your field or the type of job that you choose to take up, developing good oral communication skills is a must. Oral skills are needed for making effective presentations, participating in and conducting meetings, dealing with customers and interacting on a daytoday basis with your superiors, peers and subordinates within the organization. Your oral communication skills often reveal your personality. Speaking effectively also gives you great visibility and confidence and can contribute to your career success. As you go up the corporate ladder, presentation speaking skills become more important than technical skills. Your ability to organize your ideas, present them and sell them to others is what determines your success. Surveys have revealed that business executives spend a good deal of time making presentations of different types. Whatever the nature of the presentation, it requires planning, developing a structure and strategy and using supports, to make it effective. This unit provides some detailed guidelines for enhancing the effectiveness of business presentations.
Sikkim Manipal University
98
Developing Oral Business Communication Skills
Unit 6
Learning Objectives: After studying this unit, you should be able to.
1. Understand the advantages of oral communication skills in a business context 2. Classify oral communication into different