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Business Fundamentals: Effective Communication
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on April 1, 2018
- Ends on April 29, 2018
Course details
Syllabus
Improve your written and verbal communication skills
You will discover the principles of writing influential documents for work such as reports and proposals. As you learn simple frameworks for emails and meetings you’ll immediately put them into practice and increase your productivity.
You will find new confidence in your ability to make convincing presentations and conduct productive meetings – whether virtual or face to face. You will develop communication approaches that are sensitive to cultural and personal difference and are tailored to the occasion, whether online, in print or face to face.
Prerequisite
Instructors
Hilary Collins
Hilary is a strategic design academic with research interests in the economic and cultural role of the creative industries. She teaches OU courses in Strategy and Design Thinking
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