BBS
Second Year English Syllabus
Subject: English (Business
Communication)
Subject code: MGT 205
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 35
Course
details
The course has two main components of
equal weightage: (50% + 50%)
I. Business
Communication Skills
II. Discourse in Disciplines
Course
Contents
I. Business Communication Skills
I. The
Communication Process
- Elements of Communication Process
- Methods of Communication
- The Writing Process
- Oral Communication Process
- Group Work and Collaboration Process
- Communication Structures and Systems
- Management Style and Communication
- Barriers of
Business Communication
II. Business
Communication
- Defining Business Communication
- Nature of Communication
- Historical Perspectives
- Purpose of Business Communication
- Functions of Business Communication
- Importance of Business Communication
- Components of Business Communication
- Types of Business Communication
- Principles of Effective Business Communication
- Challenges
for Business Communication
III.
Skills and Values
in Business Communication
- The Importance of Communication Skills
- Identifying Communication Skill Sets
- Organizational Communication Skills
- Interpersonal Communication Skills
- Leadership Communication Skills
- Professionalism in Business Communication
- Elements of Professionalism
- Ethical Values
- Intercultural
Sensitivities
IV.
Electronic and
Other Messages
- Memos
- Notices
- Letters
- Using Email
- Blogs
- Advertisements
- Press Release
V. Reports
and Proposals
- Business Plan
- Reports
- Proposals
VI. Oral Communication
- Presentations and Speeches
- Telephone Calls
- Other Oral Communication Situations
- Enhancing Oral Communication
- Using Visual Aids
- Using Nonverbal
Communication
VII. Visual Communication
- Pictures
- Charts
- Graphics
VIII. Employment Communication
- Planning and Conducting a Job Search
- Resumes and Cover Letters
- Job interview
II. Discourse in Disciplines
I. Culture and Society
1. New Nepal
2. Looking
for a Rain God
3. Dover
Beach
4. Shooting
an Elephant
5. The
Unknown Citizen
6. The
Parrot in the Cage
II. Money and Management
1. Advertise
Your Business
2. Eveline
3. The
Company Man
4. Light My Lucky
5. The Ideal
of Craftsmanship 25
III. Science
and Environment
1.
Religion and Science
2.
The New Physics
3.
Root Cellar
4.
On Warts
5.
The Etiquette of Freedom
6.
The Rights of Animals
IV. Gender and Women
1.
Professions for Women
2.
The Use of Force
3.
The Stronger
4.
Here I Love You
5.
The Kiss
6.
Girl
7.
Farewell
8.
Popular Mechanics
V. Life, Death and Beyond
1.
The Fly
2.
Jest and Earnest
3.
The Old Man at the Bridge
4.
Once More to the Lake
5.
The Hundredth Dove
6.
The Lunatic
VI. Art and Philosophy
1.
An Essay in Aesthetics
2.
The Clock Tower
3.
Beauty
4.
From the Fountainhead to the Future
5.
What I, Think I Am
6.
All-Pervading Poetry
7.
The Allegory of the Cave
8.
Her First Ball
9.
Not the Non-Existent
Prescribed English Text Books (
Compulsory Reading)
1. Adhikari, Dharma, Tika Lamsal, I.
Hugh Holmes, and Mike Sobiech. Business
Communication: Theory and Practice. Kathmandu: Buddha Publications, 2020.
2. Lohani, S., compiler &
editor. Visions: A Thematic
Anthology. Kathmandu:
Vidyarthi Pustak, Bhandar, 2020.