Foundations of Business Communications

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент политологии и международных отношений

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 2 модуль

Преподаватель

Герцо-Виноградская Анастасия Игоревна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course aims to provide practical training in business communication with emphasis on listening, speaking and writing skills. Contemporary business environment is multinational, fast pacing and highly competitive. Being a changing landscape, it requires sound business sense, mutual cooperation and strong communication skills to deliver the message, negotiate the deals and bring about the projects to fruition. The course highlights the areas of business communication, which are essential for smooth and effective performance in multiple business settings. The course covers the basics of Business Communication, providing the knowledge of the theoretical elements, patterns and strategies of the communication accepted as being conventional in international business. The course adopts two tire strategy to achieve its objectives: free flowing discussions based on audio/printed materials and practical tasks based on business case studies. The former strategy aims to encourage active listening, note taking and discussions of the business practices such as leadership skills, business ethics, team work, time and product management. The letter strategy aims to ensure how-to skills using particular case studies/ best practices. Both strategies are meant to provide understanding of the business practices and communication models as well as to significantly boost the language skills. The course uses a range of authentic audio/printed materials from the leading business publications, interviews with the CEOs and experts from the text-books on Business Communication.

Learning Objectives

• learn about the models of communication used in the business practices;
• learn to analyse and align communication patterns with the objectives;
• learn to use language strategies for appropriate outcomes;
• improve the business communication and negotiating skills;
• improve listening, speaking and writing skills

Expected Learning Outcomes

• understands models, patterns of business communication;
• analyses the language strategies used for achieving set objectives
• expresses various points of view on business related issues
• improves listening, speaking and writing skills necessary for business communication;
• uses business communication models and patterns confidently

Course Contents

• Introduction
• The leadership skills: charisma, motivation and career prospects.
• Business meetings and reports.
• Meritocracy and ambition: moving up the career ladder
• Business negotiations. Conflict resolution
• Business ethics. Communicating the values and staying on message
• Brand creation and naming
• Marketing: luxury goods with global reach
• Attention economy in the digitally crowded environment
• Multitasking
• Team working and networking. The future of workplace

Assessment Elements

• Active participation in class activities (discussions, reports delivery, presentations)
• Delivery of the mini-presentation.
• Oral presentation based on prompt cards provided.

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 2nd module
  0.3 * Active participation in class activities (discussions, reports delivery, presentations) + 0.4 * Delivery of the mini-presentation. + 0.3 * Oral presentation based on prompt cards provided.

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Communicating for results : a guide for business and the professions, Hamilton, Ch., 2011

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Huang, L.-S. (2010). Academic Communication Skills : Conversation Strategies for International Graduate Students. Lanham: UPA. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=537040

Authors

• Gertso-Vinogradskaia Anastasiia IGOREVNA