This BBS second-year English course develops communication skills for personal and professional use, improving reading, writing, presentations, negotiations, emails, and cross-cultural understanding while encouraging creative and critical thinking for management success.

After completing this course, students will be able to:  read English texts written in various disciplines and understand different level of discourses  express themselves in varied forms both in speech and writing  write correctly and persuasively in present time standard English  adapt content to a proposed context, audience and purpose  understand and use appropriate style and tone in spoken as well as written texts  be familiar with the language used in conducting meetings and prepare reports based on the discussion in the meetings  write memos, letters, and other business communications

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

         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