Value of communication skills and technology in the workplace
Hannah Powell
Athens State University
MG320 Organizational Communication (21336)
April 8, 2018
Communication and technology are very important factors in all careers. “Communication skills are critical for an accountant’s workplace success; however accounting education research to date has mainly focused on the writing and presentation skills aspects of communication skills.” (Daff, L.2013) The accounting profession is just one setting that communication plays a key role in the workplace, but it is very vital in all careers and professions today. With communication playing such a key factor in being successful in the workforce, everyone needs to have the communication skills to be able to be efficient and effective. “Results of two studies show that oral communication is the most important competency for college graduates entering the workforce,
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1. What are the three purposes for which people communicate? What percentage of a manager’s time is spent communicating? Give examples of the types of communication managers use.
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Effective business communication is central to the success of an individual’s career and consequently to that of the overall business entity. It would be imaginable therefore that there is some form of correlation between effective communication skills and such success. To put this into context, University of Kent (2011) has placed Verbal Communication at the top of the ten skills that employers most commonly look for. On the same note, anything that hinders effective communication is bound to have a negative effect not only on the specific message delivery, but also on the overall success of a career. In this paper, some of the barriers to effective business communication are discussed, with a few examples of how they affect the process.
As you begin looking at numerous employment announcements and will observe one qualification that all employers seem to value. Astounding correspondence is a component of the capabilities that businesses anticipate. Throughout this presentation we will examine why employers prize sound written and verbal communication skills. Additionally, will we examine why employer’s impression of today’s workforce is not properly equipped with writing or listening skills.
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...thletic director “will also have to make explanations, educate, do public speaking, and inform others via the written form”. (Hoch, 2007) To emphasize the importance of written communication in a paper by Griffin and Kaleba college graduates were ranked as being below par in written communication by more than a quarter of employers. (Griffin & Kaleba, 2006). To give a specific example Bank of America seeks employees who have both written and spoken skills in communication. (Wilson, 2006)
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