Friday, 10 October 2008

Business communications

Face to face: Face to face requires a certain skill. It has a broader language so to speak, as a person will also be reading body language. It can provide a quick, easy way of transferring information and is generally a very useful skill that almost everybody is skilled in. As such, business would require it, because it is deemed more formal to meet and discuss options, and people particularly skilled in face to face conversations can manipulate the other person.

IM: This is very similar to face to face in a way, as certain IM programs can allow you to setup a "call". What this is, is that if both particiants have a microphone and webcam, they can setup a webcam and microphone link, being able to see eachothers face, and hear and speak to eachother. The only problem, is it is sometimes unstable on lesser networks, and can be prerecorded, along with network interuptions. (E.G power cut)

Presentation: This can provide a background slide, providing video and audio information to support business decisions.It can however, be an entirely useless way of communicating, as it only applies to certain circumstances.

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