The Art of Communication

Communication has been an integral part of human existence and has continued to evolve, creating more links between different ages of the human race. Communication, in its state, is the act of passing information either through either spoken words, written words, or even gestures with the intent of ensuring the message passed into the receiver remains unchanged.

Communication in the business world is essential in clearly defining the various moving parts, thus the context needful in preserving the intended message for the audience. The Management Communication course offered by the Lagos Business School serves as a pivotal tool for emerging business managers to hone and improve their communication skills while leading their teams.

For this act, leaders must speak, write or convey their message in clear terms that explains the context of such. Hence, the judicious use of punctations like commas, semicolons, apostrophe, period, and the other, are very much necessary in maintaining the sanity of the message.

Non-verbal communication speaks volumes as much as verbal communication, therefore noise should be eliminated at all cost from the channel to allow this information to reach their designated zones unchanged.

The act of communication is as important as business itself, as it allow one to make use of their creative knowledge, listen well, and respond concisely.

Taking a clue from the recent class sessions, one must ensure he understands his audience, and their needs before proceeding to engage them. This way, he gets to articulate his thought, words, and gestures. The feedback from the audience is very much critical, as it serves as his primary form of assessment of their participation. Unable to capture this, such engagement will be unproductive with registered displeasures.

In all these, failing to engage the acts of communication, will increase the amount of noise within a communication channel, as well as causing recipients to stumble on the context and misinterpret these in their own way.

It takes conscious effort to hone a person’s communication skills, and part of this is the blog post creation mandated for the MMBA and MBA students. It ensures that participants have a footing in expressing themselves clearly without misconceptions.

One aspect of communication often neglected is the act of writing correctly, this due to the increasing proliferation of writing aids (mainly digital aids e.g. Grammarly, e.t.c.).  Becoming proficient, one must pay close attention to his tenses and spellings while maintaining the language of instruction.

Can you communicate effectively?

Are your words taken out of context?

Do you need to reiterate a simple instruction over and again?

Then, you need to reevaluate your communication skills, i.e. either in verbal or non-verbal format to ensure the wholesomeness of your message.

It has been a pleasure taking you down this path of communication, as it is an essential part of our commute. Find some time, re-evaluate yourself and improve. The acts are simple to master and remember, always use simple words to pass an information.

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