General communication is often determined by your audience’s, religion, culture and region, the reason being that wherever you go you are bound to come across many cultural differences. This can range from small aspects such as the way you pronounce words (e.g aluminium and aluminum) this form of communication is not limited by things such as, language and form of communication (e.g verbal/nonverbal). When going abroad for business meetings, it’s important you research the country and culture of the place you’re going to visit. The reason being that different cultures consider different things to be disrespectful, an example of this is countries such as turkey where it’s rude to show the soles of your feet. This could cause negotiations to become difficult; this is because that you disrespected their beliefs, which in turn could cause them to turn hostile. This is why it’s important to research a country’s culture/beliefs prior to going abroad.
Interpersonal communication skills
Interpersonal skills cover a wide scope of skills such as facial expressions, body language, ques and gestures. Interpersonal skills can be used by almost anyone, the reason being that due to there being so many forms/aspects of this type of communication it can be used by almost anyone. An example of this is deaf and mute people are still able to participate in verbal communications because they can use sign language and lip reading. Interpersonal skills are one of the most important skills that you gain learn/gain, however you will need a lot of experience when using them, this is because using the wrong gestures or ques could end up getting you in trouble.
Written communicational skills
Written communication is the hardest skill to master out of the three skills listed above, the reason being that, due to the nature of written communication it’s difficult to convey your message in its intended way. This could cause the recipient of the message to become