If you are going to arrange the 7Cs of communication according to its importance, which is the most and the least important? Arrange it from most to least important and give a sentence or two for your brief explanation.

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Directions:  If you are going to arrange the 7Cs of communication according to its importance, which is the most and the least important? Arrange it from most to least important and give a sentence or two for your brief explanation. 

 

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7C's of Business Communication
CONCISE
Being concise means being able to convey your messages in shortest possible words. But this doesn't mean that you provide the information less but
articulating in such a possible way that you get to spread the message across everyone and that too in fewer words.
It is a necessity for business communication as this C does not involve the vague words and this the message is clearly sent to everyone. Because of
conciseness, you save time as well as you save a lot of costs.
As this C excludes the needless and excessive words it makes the main idea or the message more understandable. For audience also this form is more
convenient and appealing.
CLEAR
Clear or clarity is very important in business communication. Through this, you are able to emphasize a specific message or a goal at that time. In a
business communication, you cannot achieve too much in one go. That is why you need to dear about your ideas.
Because of darity, the understanding of ideas becomes easier. As the clarity is achieved for ideas and thoughts, the meaning of the words is enhanced.
The message becomes more appropriate and exact.
CORRECT
The understanding of your audience is directly proportional to the correctness of your ideas. Because correct communication of thoughts and ideas is also an error-free form of
communication. There are many ways to achieve this correctness in your sentences.
One is through a technical understanding of your thoughts and ideas. Further, the names and titles that you have mentioned should be correct. Because of correctness the confidence level of
yours as well as your audience increases. It has more impact.
CONCRETE
Concreteness refers to the idea of being dlear and particular. It avoids the basic fuzziness and general in your ideas and thoughts. Often, concrete communication
illustrations and examples – anything that can help clarify a message so that it is not misinterpreted. It leaves nothing to chance and less to the imagination.
fortified by facts, figures,
COMPLETE
A message or an idea is complete when the audience has everything that they want to be informed. Also, this gives an authority to them to move to call of action.
The complete communication generally involves the call to action, which helps the readers understand what you want to imply to them. It also includes all the facts and figures in the
sentences.
COURTEQUSS
Courtesy is the respect that we show to others and in business communication also it means the same thing. You should show respect to your reader by having courteous communication. The
individual while sending the message should be polite, sincere, enthusiastic, and reflective.
Being courteous means that you have taken into consideration the feeling receiver as well as your own. It also shows that you are positive and your focus is on the audience.
COHERENT
The messages that you send should be logical and that is why coherent communication is important. The message involves certain ideas and thoughts and thus when they are coherent than
only they are able to convey the main idea of the message. All the points that you have mentioned should be relevant to the topic and connected.
Transcribed Image Text:7C's of Business Communication CONCISE Being concise means being able to convey your messages in shortest possible words. But this doesn't mean that you provide the information less but articulating in such a possible way that you get to spread the message across everyone and that too in fewer words. It is a necessity for business communication as this C does not involve the vague words and this the message is clearly sent to everyone. Because of conciseness, you save time as well as you save a lot of costs. As this C excludes the needless and excessive words it makes the main idea or the message more understandable. For audience also this form is more convenient and appealing. CLEAR Clear or clarity is very important in business communication. Through this, you are able to emphasize a specific message or a goal at that time. In a business communication, you cannot achieve too much in one go. That is why you need to dear about your ideas. Because of darity, the understanding of ideas becomes easier. As the clarity is achieved for ideas and thoughts, the meaning of the words is enhanced. The message becomes more appropriate and exact. CORRECT The understanding of your audience is directly proportional to the correctness of your ideas. Because correct communication of thoughts and ideas is also an error-free form of communication. There are many ways to achieve this correctness in your sentences. One is through a technical understanding of your thoughts and ideas. Further, the names and titles that you have mentioned should be correct. Because of correctness the confidence level of yours as well as your audience increases. It has more impact. CONCRETE Concreteness refers to the idea of being dlear and particular. It avoids the basic fuzziness and general in your ideas and thoughts. Often, concrete communication illustrations and examples – anything that can help clarify a message so that it is not misinterpreted. It leaves nothing to chance and less to the imagination. fortified by facts, figures, COMPLETE A message or an idea is complete when the audience has everything that they want to be informed. Also, this gives an authority to them to move to call of action. The complete communication generally involves the call to action, which helps the readers understand what you want to imply to them. It also includes all the facts and figures in the sentences. COURTEQUSS Courtesy is the respect that we show to others and in business communication also it means the same thing. You should show respect to your reader by having courteous communication. The individual while sending the message should be polite, sincere, enthusiastic, and reflective. Being courteous means that you have taken into consideration the feeling receiver as well as your own. It also shows that you are positive and your focus is on the audience. COHERENT The messages that you send should be logical and that is why coherent communication is important. The message involves certain ideas and thoughts and thus when they are coherent than only they are able to convey the main idea of the message. All the points that you have mentioned should be relevant to the topic and connected.
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