Audience
“It’s not about
ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” Men and women who see with this perspective
are the men and women that the business world needs. In order to make an idea “happen”
requires an ability to organize that idea and then articulate it in such a way
that will influence others in a positive way to invest in such ideas. As a
result, classes of “communication in organizational settings” are essential.
Communication alone will not be enough for those entering into the business consulting
field. A detailed understanding of a broad number of topics found in the
business world are required. Many will spend time involved in business “clubs”
or internships to be competitive in their appearance, their approach, and their
abilities. Depending upon the background a business consultant, one may take
the CFA Exam, the CPA Exam, among others.
Context
Whether you like it or not, business is not only what you
know but who you know. As a result, the ability to make connections and create
powerful, lasting relationships is essential. Those who find success in the
business world are often those who can articulate success in their words. You
can choose to read this or you can choose to skip it, but the principles found
within will save you a five star client down the line. In regards to history,
the past is a great opportunity to learn from in order to avoid making the same
mistakes as others while taking good ideas and applying them in brilliant ways
for others.
Rhetoric
As mentioned earlier, among the most important aspects of
business consulting is the ability to communicate your knowledge, your ideas,
and your plans. This being said, knowing how to do this alone is not enough;
one must be aware of the setting and the circumstance in order to appropriately
address those the consultant is speaking with. Therefore, one of the essential aspects
of rhetoric that will be address within the paper will be that of the branches
of oratory. It will be necessary to articulate it simply (possibly through
examples) in order to help the reader to see that if they do not respect the
kairos they are not going to get far in the business world.
History
It is often said that history repeats itself and it is no
different in the business world. Yes, the economics and business is growing
exponentially in the world we now live, but those who have gone before have set
powerful examples of the do’s and don’ts of the business world. There is a
reason why business majors focus so much on case studies; because there is so
much to be learned from them. Not only can we learn from the business approaches
but also the business interaction. This will be an important part of what is
spoken of.
Plan
In putting this post together I almost got into “writing
mode.” I have some thoughts that were illustrated through practice instead of
theory (which may be a little different than what was asked for the assignment
so I hope that’s alright.) By applying the ideas I see that there will need to
be more research done in terms of historical evidence of why communication is
so important and specifically examples of where rhetoric was not used
correctly. In doing this I think those reading will appreciate the insight and
will respect it as they have seen applied through examples.
It will be important to connect the idea of different kinds
of communication within business consulting. I will also need to do more
research and hopefully some more interviews in order to get insight into how
each interaction between firms and within firms are done. The more details I
can have, the ore credible and reliable the paper will be. Great assignment to bring together my thoughts.
I think your idea to incorporate examples of "bad rhetoric" will be essential to your argument (and I might steal your idea). I think another good idea will be to focus on ethos as part of your argument because business managers will most certainly need to promote a certain type of image to their clients and to their employees.
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