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Chapter 1: Becoming Competent

Learning Objectives

By the end of the chapter, you will be able to:

  • Explain why communication skills are important for career and business success
  • Identify three meanings contained within every business communication message and set a goal for each
  • Explain what it means to be receiver-centric
  • Complete a receiver analysis
  • Identify and define the five core competencies of business communication

 

 

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Strategic Business Communication: A competency-based approach to writing, speaking, and research. Copyright © 2023 by Kristen Lucas, Jacob D. Rawlins, and Jenna Haugen; Arley Cruthers; Rose Helens-Hart and Rachel Dolechek is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.