Business communication Unit I
Unit I Chapter I Role of communication Conducting and participating in meetings. i. Meetings are an integral part of a business organization. ii. Meeting involves oral communication. Iii. In a meeting you are either a leader (the one who conduct the meeting) or a participant (the one who participates a meeting}. Guidelines for conducting meeting a) Plan the meeting • Prepare the agenda • Decide the time, venue and participate to be called • Provide the agenda to each participant in a printed form at least one to two days prior to the meeting b) Follow the plan • Start the meeting according to the plan. • Discuss the agenda one by one in the systematic way. • Do not let the discussion move out of the track. c) Move the discussion a long • As a leader you should ensure that there are no periods, of pauses and silences. The discussion to move on continuously. • After the discussion on a particular issue has been over, you should take the discussion on to the topic. d) Con...