MBEV1002
MBEV1002
Course Objectives:
Language Skill 3 – Reading: The Process of Reading; Sub skills of Skimming, scanning,
inferring, guessing word-meaning, Using appropriate speed for various kinds of reading,
correction of reading faults of eye-fixation, regression, finger-pointing, sub-vocalizing,
Reading aloud, and indiscriminate use of the Dictionary. Critical Reading with analytical
skills.
● Language Skill 4- Writing: The Writing Process- Guidelines for composing effective
business messages- Persuasive Techniques: Fundamentals of Persuasion, Components of
Attitude - Cognitive, Affective, Behavioural (Ethos, Pathos, Logos & Syllogism) - AIDA -
NLP (VAKOG), Appeals (Emotional & Rational).
● Business Letter: Form; Formats; and Types: Structure of Routine and persuasive business
messages, good-will, good-news, and bad-news messages.
Business Memo; Features of an effective business E-mail; Rules of Netiquette.
Writing Business Reports: Features of a good business report. Formats- Printed form, Memo,
Letter, manuscript; Structure of a short Formal Report. Steps in planning and preparing a
business report.
Course Outcomes:
Text Books:
Communication Skills. Sanjaya Kumar & Pushpa lata, Oxford University Press.
Business Communication: Skills, Concepts, and Application- P.D Chaturvedi and Mukesh
Chaturvedi, Pearson.
Business communication- Meenakhi Raman & Prakash Singh, OUP.
Business and Managerial Communication- Sailesh Sengupta, PHI learning
Bcom: Business Communication- A South Asian Perspective, Lehman, Dufrene & Sinha, Cengage
Learning.
Effective Technical Communication, Ashraf Rizvi, McGraw Hill India.