Business Communication Trends Paper
LaTonya Beeler
COM 285
November 21, 2010
Annie Moats

Communication is the foundation of a successful business. High-quality communication is the quintessence of a business because organizations involve people. The people in organizations need to communicate to hire, manage, train, and promote products. Lack of communication can be very costly and time consuming to an organization. The communication of a business can determine the success or failure of a business. The current trends in the workplace are changing allowing employees to gain easy access to improve work performance. The following paper will explain the role business communication play in my daily work activities, the trends in the workplace and what message types are results of these trends.
“Communication takes many forms: face-to-face or phone conversations, informal meetings, presentations, e-mail messages, letters, memos, reports, blogs, text messaging and Web sites” (Locker & Kienzler, 2008, p. 5). I work in the local school district in the city I live in. I am a substitute, so I work when the schools in the district need an extra body in the classroom. I do not have to do much written communication however; I do have to communicate orally with the teacher, students, and human resources at the district office. Whenever there is an assignment open either someone at the district will call to ask if I want to accept the assignment or someone at the district will input the assignment in the eschool solution automated system and the system will call all substitutes in the area. If I see an in-house posting of an available job I can go to the district office to inquire about the job. If I miss the deadline of the available job then I will have to submit a letter of interest stating my interest in the job if a position becomes available. I work closely with