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Business Fundamentals: Effective Communication 

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Overview

Gain a practical grounding in communication to boost your personal effectiveness, save you time and reduce your stress levels.

Duration

28 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

Certificate

Business Fundamentals: Effective Communication
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Highlights

  • Access to this course for 6 weeks
  • Offered by The Open University
  • Effort Required: 3 hours/week
  • Enroll for free
  • Pay only for getting a verified certificate
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Business Fundamentals: Effective Communication
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Course details

Who should do this course?
  • This course is intended for anyone seeking to develop their fundamental business skills, whether to increase their employability or secure a promotion. The course does not require any previous study of communication.
What are the course deliverables?
  • Apply and understand principles of effective communication in a range of media
  • Improve your writing skills for greater work and study success
  • Apply simple but powerful frameworks to get more out of email and telephone calls in less time
  • Design and create more convincing presentations and run more productive meetings
  • Develop cultural and interpersonal sensitivity in your communication behaviour
More about this course
  • Faced with a daily deluge of information, we have never had greater need of clear communication skills.This online course offers you a practical grounding in using a range of communication media, to boost your personal effectiveness, save you time and reduce your stress levels.You will discover the principles of writing influential emails, reports and proposals. You will find new confidence in your ability to make convincing presentations and conduct productive meetings. And you will develop communication approaches that are sensitive to cultural and personal differences.

Business Fundamentals: Effective Communication
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Curriculum

Making effective phone calls and writing emails

Online communication in a professional context

Delivering effective presentations

Writing professional reports and proposals

Conducting productive meetings

The future trends in professional communication

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Other: Studying Business Fundamentals has given me so much more knowledge than I had previously. Learning how to communicate through different social media platforms, write effective letters, business reports, research articles and reports, and emails constructively and sitting assessments through quizzes and written assessments.
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