Q1. Effective communication is important in an organization because it creates mutual understanding environment between the management and employees. Directly, it also helps in increasing the employee's productivity.
Q2. Listening and retaining as much of the information communicated is the end result of being actively focused on your subject. In order to do that you must actively listen and take notes if necessary, and try to ask clarifying questions.
Q3. To gain understanding and knowledge, It helps to avoid you making a mistake, What you are demonstrating is that you have used your powers of analysis on the situation, and discovered there is an issue where your experience/ knowledge does not allow you to make a decision with which you would be confident. You would then seek advice from someone who possesses that knowledge, or indeed has the experience of similar situations, and apply that knowledge to the situation in hand (thus learning by other's experience). Using the better knowledge of others is maximising your company's knowledge
Q4. Keep each point concise. In an assignment you should make your point, explain it and back it up with evidence
Q5. You need to make yourself understood. Use language and terminology that is appropriate to the individual, all people have differing abilities to understand you might need to break down what you are saying or use visual prompts in order to be understood, speak slower and clearer if there is a language accent barrier
Q6. It is important to seem confident when communicating to other because if you are confident with what your saying the person you are speaking to will have confidence in it too.
Q7. It has a big effect on all people as its body language that is talking not your mouth also your facial expressions
Q8. Contributing to discussions will enable people to get a better idea of your views on different issues and doing this in a positive manner means that you are getting your