BAE1044 ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

LECTURE PLAN
TRIMESTER 2 (2014/2015)
WEEK /DATE
1
(20 October 2014 24
October 2014)
2
(27 October 2014
31October 2014)

3
(3 November 2014 7
November 2014)
4
(10 November 2014 14
November 2014)
5
(17 November 2014 21
November 2014)

6
(24 November 2014 28
November 2014)
7
(1 December 2014 5
December 2014)
8
(8 December 2014 12
December 2014)

TOPICS
Workplace Communication Today

Communication skills (verbal and non verbal)

Communication process

Improving listening skills

Workplace Communication Today

Cultural communication

Intercultural workplace skills

Reporting Workplace Data

Understanding the components of proposals

Preparing proposals
Reporting Workplace Data

Writing Business reports

Designing questionnaires

Researching secondary data

Reporting Workplace Data

Generating primary data

Organizing and outlining data

Documenting information

COURSEWORK
Written Report
(Group formation)
Deepavali (22 Oct)
1MMU Leave (24 Oct)

Submission of
Proposal

Reporting Workplace Data

Presenting the final report

Employment Communication

The Job Search

Job Applications
Resumes: Written and Video Resumes
Interview Skills

The Business Writing Process

Planning, composing and revising business messages

Business writing goals and process

Constructing effective sentence

The Business Writing Process

Composing messages on the job

Communicating At Work

Electronic messages and digital media

Communicating At Work

Emails and memos

Positive messages

Negative messages
Communicating
At Work
10

Persuasive
messages
(22 December 2014 26
Professionalism,
Team
Work and Meetings
December 2014)

Professionalism at work

Business etiquette, ethics

(29 December 2014 4 January 2015)
Mid trimester Break

Submission of Video
Resume (10%)
(Individual)
Sultan Selangor's
Birthday (11 Dec)

9
(15 December 2014 19
December 2014)

Christmas (25 Dec)

New Year (1 January)

The Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (3 January)

11
(5 January 2015 9 January
2015)
12

Professionalism, Team Work and Meetings

Teamwork

Meetings

Submission of
Report (15%)

Mock Meeting Assessment

Mock Meeting (15

(12 January 2015 16 January

2015)

13
(19 Jan 2015 23 Jan 2015)

14

Mock Meeting Assessment

Mock Meeting Assessment

(26 January 2015 30 January

2015)

( 2 Feb 2015 6 Feb 2015)

FINAL EXAM WEEK 1

( 9 Feb 2015 13 Feb 2015)

FINAL EXAM WEEK 2

COURSEWORK DETAILS
Details of Coursework Assessment (40%)

COURSEWORK

Video Resume
(10%)

SUBJECT LEARNING
OUTCOME
LO 2: Demonstrate effective
oral communication skills in
various contexts

LO 3: Apply principles of
effective writing for various
types of written
communication

(Individual & group

assessment)

Submission: CD / upload to
Cloud
Group work: 6-7 members
Writing a Formal Report
Length of report: 10-12 pages
(excluding reference page)

(Group Assessment)

Mock Meeting
(15%)

2-3 minutes Visume presentation

for employment purposes.
Describes individuals skills and
qualifications.

(Individual Assessment)

Formal Report
(15%)

PROCEDURE

LO1: Apply the core concepts

of communication in business
settings?
LO 2: Demonstrate effective
oral communication skills in
various contexts

Conduct a 15 minute meeting on

a given problem statement or
stimulus related to workplace
situations.
Group work: 6-7 members

Same groups are maintained for formal report and mock meeting.
Please ensure that each group comprises of members who are from different
races/gender and nationalities.
Groups that do not comply to the above requirement will be penalized.

FINAL EXAM (60%)

ASSESSMENT DETAILS

SECTION

QUESTION TYPE

MARK ALLOCATION

Section A

Writing Business reports

20 marks

Section B

Error Analysis

10 marks

Section C

Mini Cases/Situations

15 marks

Section D

Written Communication

15 marks