Welcome to Business Communication
BA 325 Section 1 @ 11 a.m. T/H
First Session Overview:
• Intro to the course & partnering• Overview of course syllabus and assignment
sheet• Website Resources• Intro to participants through BC Bingo• Pre-test completion before leaving
Why take business communication?
What do you want from the course?
• What is your mission?
• What do you want to accomplish?
• How can you apply these skills?
Bus. Com. Skill Sets
ProblemSolvingSkills
Goals Setting & Motivation
Self-Confidence &
Style
Organization of Ideas and Design
Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Technology Skills
Evolving BC Topics
Networking and Job Finding Skills
Speaking & Interviewing Skills
ElectronicMessaging
PrintedLetters
& Memos
Reports
Prioritizing Work and Communication Theory
Course Syllabus Assign. Sheet
• Basic Info• Objectives• Resources• Expectations• Evaluation• Curve System:
90/80/70/60Grading from two instructors put together
• Calendar of coverage
• Dates due shown• Links to more
specific project descriptions from web version
Come prepared:• Read text before class and complete assigned problems• Use one labeled disk for BC projects (except web project on
separate disk)• Save drafts and graded problems until end of term• Save graded printouts until after final grades received• Keep running total of all graded exercise points• Be prepared for writing to learn in class and peer review
exercises• Develop life-long learning by reading periodicals, newspapers,
web sites
Memo in in speech Evl tst1 intrv resme eres incl aplet thnk rkspch rprt web pers neg finl bro part
parttotal
grade
9.3 9.3 9.3 74 9.3 88 23.5 24 4.6 9.3 37.3 18.7 93 168 74.5 47.5 48 90 24 48 19 926.6 A
9 9 9 72 9 85 22.5 23 4.5 9 36 18 90 162 72 45 45 87 23 45 18 892 A-
8.7 8.7 8.7 70 8.7 82 21.7 22 4.3 8.7 34.7 17.3 87 156 69.5 43.5 44 84 22 44 17 860.73 B+
8.3 8.3 8.3 67 8.3 79 21 21 4.2 8.3 33.3 16.6 83 150 66.5 41.7 42 80 21 42 17 825.26 B
8 8 8 64 8 76 20 20 4 8 32 16 80 144 64 40 40 77 20 40 16 793 B-
7.7 7.7 7.7 62 7.7 73 19.3 19 3.8 7.7 30.7 15.3 77 138 61.5 38.3 38 73 19 38 15 760.4 C+
7.3 7.3 7.3 59 7.3 70 18.3 18 3.7 7.3 29.3 14.6 73 132 58.5 36.7 37 70 18 37 15 725.66 C
7 7 7 56 7 67 17.5 18 3.5 7 28 14 70 126 56 35 35 67 18 35 14 694 C-
6.7 6.7 6.7 54 6.7 64 17 17 3.3 6.7 26.7 13.3 67 129 53.5 33.3 33 64 17 33 13 672.03 D+
6.3 6.3 6.3 51 6.3 61 16 16 3.2 6.3 25.3 12.6 63 114 50.5 31.7 32 61 16 32 13 628.26 D
6 6 6 48 6 58 15 15 3 6 24 12 60 108 48 30 30 58 15 30 12 596 D-
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10 10 10 80 10 100 25 25 5 10 40 20 100 180 80 50 50 100 25 50 20 1000
Bookmark website resources
• Campbell’s website:http://www.wartburg.edu/bus/campbell/BA32501.html
• http://www.mhhe.com/locker6e
What’s currently on the BA 325 site?
• Syllabus
• Course Assignment Sheet
• Schedule of Assignments
• Test 1 Study Guide
• Web Project Guidelines
Evaluate your skills:
• Novice AverageExpert
• 1 2 3 4 5
Circle the level of your skills for each item on the sheet.
How do you ‘work’ a room to meet people?
Use your interview skills to work the room
to find someone you’ve never met before:
• Work the room to find someone you have not met before. Don’t cheat.
• How do you find out interesting info about the other?
• Be ready to introduce your partner to your classmates in a creative way.
• Go beyond demographic info….
How do you present to a group?
• Confident walk to front of room
• Eye contact with audience and partner
• Smile
• Loudness, tone, and variation in voice
• Connected ideas with sense of humor
• Enjoy the opportunity to share with class
Evaluate e-mails in 1.2
• How well does the message meet the needs of the reader, writer, & organization?
• Is the message clear, complete, correct?
• Does it save time?
• Does it build goodwill?
What’s due on Thursday 1/8
• Read Chapter 1 as background for course
• Read Chapter 2 & 3 and complete assigned exercises in text (for discussion only)
• Start on introductory memo due 1/13; use assignment sheet plus ex. 1.5 guidelines
Complete the grammar & editing pre-test today
Choose comfortable tables for seating chart on Thursday