Business and Professional Communications

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

This subject is concerned with the elements of successful communication in business and professional contexts. It introduces students to key business communications skills, focusing on both written and oral communications. The subject explores pertinent organisational and communication theories, which provide the context for a practical introduction to effective oral and written communication in a range of forms, including presentations, letters, advertising and promotional copy, electronic documents, project reports, media releases and marketing and public relations documents. The subject provides students with a critical understanding of the role of communications within the organisation and with the practical tools of effective communication and negotiation. Guest lecturers will provide insight into current business and professional communications practice.

• have a theoretical understanding and a grounding in current theoretical approaches to communication in the workplace and their application to practice; and
• be able to think critically and have the ability to create, assess, review and revise business and professional writing based on sound principles.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• have acquired research skills and be competent in the use of library resources, online information and other sources, and the ability to define areas of inquiry and the research methods appropriate to them;
• have communication skills and an understanding of a wide range of forms of both oral and written communication, their generic requirements and their appropriate deployment in professional and business environments; and
• have acquired time management and planning skills and have the ability to organise workloads, meet deadlines and engage in self-directed learning.