Communications
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Communication within organisations is crucial to business success. Organisations need to communicate formally with a range of stakeholders - including their employees.
The OU recognises the importance of communication and offers courses that not only examine ways of communicating with employees and how to make the best use of today’s technologies but also look at identifying how you might improve effectiveness in collaborative situations as well as improving interpersonal skills.
Courses
- Getting it right: consulting and communication inside organisations
This online Continuing Professional Development course examines different ways of communicating with employees, and the business benefits of communicating more effectively. - Effective collaboration in construction
The course will help you to identify necessary skills and conditions for working together, and recognise how you might improve effectiveness in collaborative situations. - How well do you communicate? Interpersonal communication at work.
Whatever your line of work, good interpersonal communication skills are essential for success. This course helps you communicate better with colleagues, customers and external stakeholders.
More courses
See the list of all our Professional skills courses.
Skills at the OU
- Change Management
- Clinical Leadership
- Communications
- Financial Management
- Food Science Skills
- General Management Skills
- Health and Social Care
- Human Resource Management
- IT Skills
- Key Corporate Skills
- Leadership
- Marketing
- People Management
- Problem Solving
- Project Management
- Strategy
- Travel Planning
- Updating Teacher Practice Skills
Spotlight on Communications
Effective virtual teams
How can you make the most of modern communication technologies when working as part of a virtual team? How do you engender team spirit at a distance? Effective virtual teams (GB039) looks at how to build a team with people you may never meet.
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