Business Communication Essentials Quiz

Business communication is communication that is intended to help a business achieve a fundamental goal, through information sharing between employees as well as people outside the company. It includes the process of creating, sharing, listening, and understanding messages between different groups of people through written and verbal formats.

The way that people communicate and operate within a business is vital to how successful the company will be in the business world because effective communication fosters understanding, collaboration, and efficient decision-making, which are essential for achieving business goals.

Business communication occurs internally, employee-to-employee, or externally, business-to-business or business-to-consumer. This internal and external communication can happen through verbal or non-verbal communication methods.

<p>Often these internal and external forms of communication come with barriers, which can prevent the receiver from understanding the information sent by the sender. These barriers may include language differences, cultural barriers, physical distractions, or emotional barriers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The word communication has been derived from the Latin word communis which implies common.</p> Signup and view all the answers