What Is Business Communication

Business Communication is the exchange of business related, ideas and information. In fact, business Communication is a special type of Communication undertaken to meet the needs of the organization. Following are some of the well known definitions of business communication.

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The primary objective of Communication is to exchange ideas, opinions, thoughts, beliefs and information. In business, the objective of Communication is to help managerial performing all managerial functions smoothly. Objectives of Communication are:

1. Achieving organization goals
2. Exchanging of information
3. Formulation of plans
4. Increasing efficiency
5. Directing the subordinates
6. Create consciousness
7. Coordination and cooperation
8. Persuasion
9. Facilitating joint effort
10. Education and training
11. Develop relations
12. Relationship with external
13. Monitoring activities
14. Solving problem
15. Initiate to change
16. Decision making
17. Future change
18. Building image

Achieving organization goals

The main objective of Communication is to help managers achieving organization goals. It helps manager perform all managerial functions (PIP) and to achieve predetermined goals.

Exchanging of information

Another objective of communication is to exchange information between employees of an organization. It helps to make contact with the external forces of an organization.

Formulation of plans

Communication supplies information to the managers who prepares effective plans for the organization. Managers collect information  from different sources and prepare and execute organization al plans through the help of communication.

Increasing efficiency

Communication helps to increase the efficiency of the employees of an organization by supplying information timely relating to the work.

Directing the subordinates

An important objective of communication is to give effective direction to the employees of an organization. Communication helps to reach executive orders to the subordinates.

Create consciousness

Another remarkable objective of communication is to create consciousness among the employees about their duties and responsibilities by supplying various information.

Coordination and co-operation

Another important objective of Communication is to help in coordinating and cooperating the activities of various work groups and departments working within the organization.

Persuasion

To persuade the employees to work hard for the organization and the buyers to buy organization's products are two other important objective of Communication.

Facilitating joint effort

No organization can achieve its goal by individual effort. It requires joint effort. Communication helps in taking joint effort in the organization.

Education and training

Communication helps to provide education and training of employees of the organization.

Develop relations

Another objective of communication is to improve relationship between management and workforce within the organization. It remove misunderstanding between the two parties and helps to develop and maintain better relationship.

Relationship with external

Communication helps to create good relationship with external parties of the organization.

Monitoring activities

Monitoring and controlling the activities of the subordinates is other important objective of organization communication.

Solving problem

One of the most important objectives of Communication is help solving different organization al problems. It creates bases for discussion by supplying information which helps in removing the differences, among the disputed parties.

Business Initiate to change

Another objective of communication to initiate change within the organization. Communication supplies various information to the employees which helps in changing their attitude and brings changes in the organization.

Decision making

Communication helps managers  to take decisions. It helps in exchanging  ideas and opinions with others which help managers to take appropriate decisions.

Future change

In earth everything in changing continuously. To adopt with the changing environment management has the initiate different organization al change. Here Communication helps to make employees aware of future change.

Building image

Strong image of the organization helps to gain competitive advantage in the market. Communication helps to build up image of the organization through timely contact with the stakeholders, advertising etc.