Communication: A Rationale For The Study Of Communication

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The study of Sherwyn P. Morrealle, Michael M. Osborn and Judy C. Pearson, Why Communication is Important: A Rationale for the Centrality of the Study of Communication, 2007 states that Communication skills are required in most occupation and employers identify communication as one of the basic competencies every graduate should have, asserting that the ability to communicate is valuable for obtaining employment and maintaining successful job performance. The communication skills essential in the workplace include basic oral and writing skills, and the ability to communicate in work groups and teams with persons of diverse background, and when engaged in problem solving and conflict management. Oral communication competence can contribute to …show more content…

Listening, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills are required by teachers to facilitate understanding of teaching findings and the ability to accomplish their responsibilities effectively. Advanced communication skills are required in every aspect of the teaching process. Teachers must possess highly developed oral and writing skills to communicate with management, learners and co-workers effectively. The Authors also cited several studies that have found correlations between employees’ communication skills and supervisors’ perceptions of job performance (Maes, Weldy, & Icenogle, 1997; Scudder & Guinan, 1989). Oral communication is consistently identified both as the most important competency in evaluating entry-level job candidates (Maes et al., 1997) and as the most critical attribute for managerial success (Seymour, 1989).
The study reveals that senior students have high positive attitudes toward communication skills than sophomore and junior. This result agrees with a previous study suggested that older, mature students have high positive attitudes toward communication skills training (Rees & Garrud, 2001). At the same time sophomore students have high negative attitudes toward communication skills than senior and junior …show more content…

DeKay, Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace: A Largely Unexplored Region, 2012 states that recent research has identified interpersonal communication skills as critical attributes for new employees and more experienced workers seeking promotion. However, despite the significance of interpersonal communication in the workplace, our knowledge of these skills and how they may be taught is limited.Reinsch and Gardner (2011) reported the results of a national survey revealing that senior business executives maintain that employees with strong interpersonal skills are most likely to be considered for promotions. The study also indicated that writing ability—the development of which occupies considerable attention in most business communication courses—was not viewed as a primary concern when considering executives for promotion. The articles in this theme section extend the findings of Reinsch and Gardner by indicating that employers would rather hire employees with well-developed interpersonal skills than those with demonstrated writing ability.
The study entitled Using webquests for oral communication in English as a foreign language for Tourism Studies(2009) by Jesús García Laborda stated that If a foreign language is better learned when it is meaningful and acquired experientially as Krashen (1982) asserts. Therefore, tourism students should try to familiarize themselves with the different topics related to their field, with its vocabulary and certain

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