Effective Communication: How Important Importance Of Communication In Business

Communication is a key skill that has a significant importance in the business world. One must learn how to develop this skill so they may communicate effectively. Effective communication is the key to persuasion, information, education, and influence. With the hope of being a manager, it is important that I focus on improving my communication skills so that I will be successful in my career path. Looking back at my life, I reflect on my moments, experiences and the education that have shaped the way that I communicate.

Ever since a young age, I was fortunate enough to be in front of an audience. Ever since I was four years old, I was singing songs and reciting poems in groups and by myself at my church on Christmas and weddings. At age thirteen,

Of course, I could have used much more improvement. This is one of the things I plan to develop in the MBA program at UB. In my undergraduate experience, I did have many opportunities to work in teams and present. Teams usually were unserious and unorganized. The only team skills that I developed was leadership skills, to step up and finish the task regardless of how much effort others put in. In presenting, I usually didn’t prepare much and improvised on the go. Hopefully in graduate school, with the increased workload, intense coursework, and team assignments, I will be able to approach these objectives more seriously to improve team, leadership, presentation and communication

It was important to impress both our fellow classmates and the professor. The professor gave a score based on criteria from a grading rubric, but the students would rank groups among three other groups that presented in that day. At the end of the presentation days, each winner would receive bonus points based on the rankings. If this was in the context of business setting, we would be the third party human resource consultants presenting to the company’s management or board of directors addressing important