BUS 1105 – Business Communications Discussion Forum Unit 1

Examine the 8 Essential Components of Communication from the textbook:
Source, Message, Channel, Receiver, Feedback, Environment, Context, Interference
Define each in your own words briefly by paraphrasing, not quoting what is in the textbook.
Discuss and debate on what would occur if one of these elements was taken out of the process of communication. Highlight the missing element and discuss what its loss would mean to the process.

Introduction

In this unit, you will gain a better understanding, from a business communication perspective, of how communication forms a part of your self-concept, helping you understand yourself and others, solve problems and learn new things, and build your career.  You will learn about the transactional and constructivist models of the communication process as well as the eight most widely recognized elements involved in the process of communication.  You will also learn to distinguish the four audience-based contexts of communication and will discover the challenges and responsibilities of the business communicator.

Reading Assignment

McLean, S. (2010). Business Communication for Success. The Saylor Foundation. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee.

• Read Chapter 1 

You are also required to read the syllabus in its entirety as well as the academic integrity documents that can be found above Unit 1 of the course. 

Supplemental Readings (these readings are not required but are beneficial for an expanded knowledge base within this unit)

1)    Dale Carnegie, the author of the classic How to Win Friends and Influence People, may have been one of the greatest communicators of the twentieth-century business world. The Dale Carnegie Institute focuses on giving people in business the opportunity to sharpen their skills and improve their performance in order to build positive, steady, and profitable results- http://www.dalecarnegie.com

2)    To communicate ethically, check your facts. FactCheck is a nonpartisan project of the Annenberg Center for Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.factcheck.org

Video Resources

EPM. (2019, April 23). The communication process explained [Video]. YouTube.