Most Important Factor in Business Commmunication

There are many important factors in communication, particularly in business communication. They all play very vital and important roles. However, while analyzing these factors, a single most important factor in communication can be idenitifed. I believe that the purpose is the most important factor. In all forms of communication, it is important to define and understand your purpose. The purpose will give you a road map for the rest of the process. It will help you narrow down your goals and it will make the rest of the process more straightforward. Without a purpose to guide you, the other factors can't be followed. Once you have defined a clear and meaningful purpose, then you can go on and focus on the other key factors, which is why I picked it as the single most important. This is true for all applications of communication, whether it is a simple phone call to a friend or a 50 page research paper. One of these applications is business communication. For business purposes, it is key to define a purpose. As a whole business communication has a general purpose to inform, persuade, and collaborate. Since the general purpose is all the same for business, it is the specific purpose that is so important and will guide everything. Although it may seem like a simple step, business colleagues and customers will appreciate this initial analyzation and focusing of the message. Overall, I believe that the purpose is most important because it is the first thing that needs to be determined and analyzed in order to achieve successful communication.

First topic: "Describe what you hope to gain from BCM 3700 this semester"

Overall, I hope to learn many new things about business communication and how to put them into practice. I have taken a few general writing and communications classes in college, but nothing that has focused on business communication. Since I’m majoring in business, I’m excited to learn how to write and communicate in business situations. I feel like the information in this class will be especially useful in my job search and career. BCM 3700 seems like one class that will actually have a lot of use after college. I have looked over the class schedule and it looks like we'll be covering a lot of information that includes a diverse array of interesting topics and assignments. Although I don’t particularly enjoy group work or individual presentations, I know they will be needed in my career, so I’m hoping to gain more practice in these areas that will make me more comfortable. I like that we will be turning in drafts and revising them before turning in the final. I think that it will contribute to a better learning experience and allow me to gain more information by revising the assignments. I’m reading through our chapters and the book seems easy to read and understand. I like how the book includes modern examples, especially insight into social media and other relatively new avenues of communication. I hope to gain both the background knowledge of communication and writing, as well as practical experience. I’m looking forward to a great semester of learning and practicing business communication skills!