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.