The Importance Of Communication Strategies

UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE

Cognates Strategies For Good Business Writing

Describe how these strategies have been implemented in your own writing in the past.

STUDENT X

4/28/2015

Many people have written about the importance of communication in the workplace. Good communication skills, including good writing skills, is one of the most researched and required skills in today business world where things are more globalized than ever. One will need to communicate not only with people from your native country, but with people all over the world. Managers need to have good writing skills to properly convey ideas and meaning. From his article, Renee O’Farrell said that: “Good writing skills can help you come across like being more credible,

Besides of rhetorical elements, cognate strategy can also be applied in developing good writing skills. Cognate strategies however, are “words in two languages that share the same meaning, spelling and pronunciation,” (Colorin, 2007). In this essay, I am exploring some cognate strategies discussed in this chapter and see their usefulness in business setting.

- Clarity, it is the ability of getting your message understood. In business and any other communication setting, it is critical for you to convey your meaning in an understandable manner. Keep in mind that a lack in clarity could cause mistakes, unhappy or frustration. Clarity makes the content of your message easy to read and to understand. For example, you’d better saying: the meeting is 10 AM, instead of saying it’s around 10. It is not clear enough.

- Conciseness, the fact of using just a few words to make your message known by others. In fact, in the workplace once need to be clear and concise. Unnecessary words would bias your message and make it very difficult to others to understand, be simple and concise. For example you might say that we are having the delivery on Thursday, at 10 AM. Tim is presenting the product to the public, while Jim is fixing the conference room. Though, in the realization of a project, it is role of the manager to clarify each person’s job to

Comparatively to the elements described above, credibility is an element of ethos. Let say as illustration that, your boss is looking for someone who will be working as operation manager in your firm. You will have more incentive to propose him Robert, as you had already worked with him in the past. So, in addition to his qualifications, Robert is known for his dedication, honesty and his caring for others, especially the clients, Stangor C. (2009).

- Lastly, we want to talk about the tone. In business communication, it is very important. You can master every detail to be a good communicator; however, if you can’t control the tone of your voice you are on the point to fail. What is tone? It is the quality of a person’s voice, (Merriam Webster). The way you communicate your message will determine whether or not the audience should trust in what you are saying. Remember that at the beginning of this course we saw that the meaning in the words you saying, but in how you say