Reflection on Business Communication: Effective Communication, Barriers, Self-Awareness, Cross-Cultural Communication, and Ethical Decision Making

Business Communication 1
Table of contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Reflection on effective communication...........................................................................................2
Reflection on barriers to communication........................................................................................2
Reflection on self-awareness...........................................................................................................3
Reflection on cross cultural communication...................................................................................3
Reflection on ethical decision making.............................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

Business Communication 2
Introduction
Understanding and learning business communication is a critical aspect of every individual. In an
average career span, there are numerous interactions that an individual needs to participate in.
Through this course I gained a deeper inside about various facets of effective communication.
Communication is essential to ensure coordination and transparency in the workforce and plays a
critical role in ensuring an optimising working culture. This reflective essay aims to throw light
upon my learnings from this course specifically in terms of business communication, barriers to
communication, cross cultural communication, self-awareness and the process ethical decision
making.
Reflection on effective communication
Effective business communication is largely responsible for enabling coordination among team
members, resolving conflicts, having a channel of feedback and creating transparency and trust
among team members. There are several channels for effective communication. Increasingly
social media is also being adopted as an effective channel for business communication (Crews &
Stitt-Gohdes, 2012). Communication is also required to ensure long term stakeholder
satisfaction. I learnt that for any communication to be effective, it is extremely important to
listen carefully and respond effectively. Involved parties in the process of a communication must
use an appropriate channel of communication to ensure its efficacy. Communication in the
organization is also important for conflict resolution.