Research Proposal

Research Proposal

The day to day communications in the business world are a very important part of the growth that makes a firm profitable and successful. Without the simplest form of communication, a firm can crumble beneath its own weight as easy a hot knife cutting through butter, and that’s why communication is imperative in today’s world. This issue deserves attention because it is at the foundation of a company, without it there is nothing to stand on and build from. The company’s whole reputation and success is at stake if they choose to neglect or cut out any communication inside the business.

            The businesses of today that are failing, or any government run organization seem to be a shining example of this lack of communication, and I hope to reach them with this proposal. In these past few years you can see a decline in the success of many of the companies that were once rulers of the economic playing field, and the lack of communication is a very big cause of this. Maybe not as much of the “lacking” and more of the “refusing to cooperate” side of communication, but they are practically the same in the end. That is why in 2010 and the 90’s you can see recessions, it’s just a snowball effect of businesses failure to communicate.

            That’s why in this research paper I will be answering the question, “What are the day to day forms of communication in the business field and why are they important?” because I believe that communication is the backbone of any business, public or private. I will answer this question by researching the many types of communication and how they influence the efficiency of the day-to-day operations of a business. The information I plan on gathering is more than likely from personal experience articles. I plan on getting information from my advisor and other articles from which the author has plenty of year of experience in the field.
            

Annotated Bibliography

Sheahan, Kyra. "What Role Does Business Communication Play in Your Day-to-Day Activities at Work?" Small Business. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. In this website, the information that is given to me consists of just basic background knowledge on business communication. The website then talks about building rapport, resolving conflicts, and meetings in that order. The author describes what each one is and then what it means to a business man or woman in the day-to-day operations of a business.

Rugina, Sylvia. "What Role Does Business Communication Play in Your Day-to-Day Activities at Work?" Small Business. Sunday Times, 10 Aug. 2010. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. This website goes deeper into the reasons of how much communication in a business is imperative for its success. The author also goes into more varieties of communication in the business world and the “not in the workplace” forms of communication. She then describes how to display and promote that style of communication in the workplace and the paragraphs after.

Thorbs-Weber, Brenda. Personal Interview. 25 Mar. 2014. Brenda is my business advisor and has plenty of experience in business field, so I got the okay to poke at her and use her information for my research. She used to work for a firm in Florida before she settled and moved back to Iowa to be an advisor. The personal experience she had will be able to answer my research question and much more. I plan on talking with her after spring break!

Klinger-Wieland, Kathryn. Personal Interview. 27 Mar. 2014. Kathryn is a MIS business career service director and she has the knowledge of what is expected in my major for communication. Kathryn has some experience in the field, but mostly has done plenty of research to help college students know what they’re getting into when they get a job in the major. I will use her research to help answer my research question and get a little more knowledge into my field.

"The Importance of Good Communication Skills in Business." Street School Atom. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. This website brings up the more personal side of business communication, the part of communication where you keep a good relationship with clients and suppliers of business. This article also describes the important three rules of communication in business, which seems to be a recurring theme. The article then continues to build upon how good communication and healthy communication and lead to higher team morale and more productivity. It ends with basically saying that communication is a necessity that you run into every day and its hinges on your efficiency.

Morley, Miranda. "The Importance of Communication in Business Management." Small Business. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. This article starts to describe the processes of the business communication and why it’s used the way it is used. The article also describes some good traits of a communication in the business workplace, it goes more in depth on the types and audience of communication too. The author in this piece is describes a very broad aspect of every topic that I explained, not very specific information.

Jones, Eric. "Businesses Need to Understand the Importance of Communication." Businesses Need to Understand the Importance of Communication. Insperity, 14 Oct. 2011. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. This article sums up what the other articles I cited didn’t explain too well. It goes more in depth on why certain personal communications are more important and fragile than public communications. The author then goes into explanation on what certain types of good communication there are, and what they influence and start for business. The article finishes up on the topic of why the client based communication is the foundation of a business and helps explain what good forms of that communication is.