Understand the Purpose of Verbal Communications in Business Contexts

Understand the Purpose of Verbal Communications in Business Contexts

People usually talk to each other for different purposes or reasons. They also talk to each other in a lot of different variety of different contexts.
You would communicate verbally in your business for many different reasons it could be that you want to:
 Inform- this is to give people information that may be use to any of them.
 Confirm- this could be that you are confirming on an arrangement for example if you have to confirm for a meeting.
 Instruct- this is to give details of what to do to another employee.
 Promote- you may be having a annual general meeting and you want you shareholders to buy a bit more of the company
 Request- you may be requesting information from your supervisor or colleague.
The way you talk to people may vary all depends on the situation that you are in because you talk to people in many different ways, for example you may be talking to your supervisor or a customer using a more business voice of tone and you would be more professional so you will always present yourself in a more formal way. If you were talking to your colleague you would have a more relaxed voice tone and you would present yourself a bit more informal as they are on the same level as you are.
Meetings
The way you behave in a meeting will vary depending on the type if meeting you are attending. Most companies have meetings. All the meetings are different depending on the size of the meeting meaning that the bigger the meeting the more formal it is.
One of the meetings that you get is a team briefing meeting. At a team briefing meeting you are usually expected to listen for update from you supervisor regarding your work for example new technology, systems and procedures. You are also expected to suggest ideas for example suggesting new ideas of making money. You are expected to provide information for example if you have been asked to help another colleague in the meeting on a certain piece of information you would pass it on during the meeting. You...

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