Business Communications
COM12
Overview
Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 1 mean?
Undergraduate Level 1
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$750.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$975.00 (AUD)
Description
Communication is central to our economic subsistence. Within the business community (including corporations, professions, government and trade) effective communication includes informing, instructing and persuading. This unit introduces students to the theory and practice of business communication skills.
You will develop skills such as the ability to inform, instruct and persuade. For businesses and organisations to prosper, they need communicators who can speak, write and interact with others efficiently, effectively and professionally. This unit develops skills for written, spoken and organisational communication.
Learning Outcomes
This unit develops the following generic skills in an on-line context: Interpersonal Skills, Self-Management Skills, Adaptability and Learning Skills, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Conceptual & Analytical Skills, Oral Communication, Written Communication, Information Skills, Career & Vocational Skills, Organisational Membership Skills, Personal Effectiveness and Professional Effectiveness.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Writing skills |
| 2 | Expressing yourself |
| 3 | Business and people |
| 4 | Getting it out there |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Print based materials
- Welcome Letter
Online materials
- Online Assessment
- Resources and Links
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Communication, Griffith University
- Certificate of Public Relations, Griffith University
- Bachelor of Business, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law), Curtin University
This unit is part of a major, minor, stream or specialisation in the following courses:
This unit is an approved elective in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Behavioural Studies (Psychology), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Behavioural Studies, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Technology (Information Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Certificate of Arts, Griffith University
- Diploma of Arts, Griffith University
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
