CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication · Introduction to Business Communication
Which of the following is the essential minimum requirement for communication to take place?
Communication minimally requires a sender and a receiver exchanging a message that is understood. Documents, meetings or electronic channels are merely means of communicating, not essentials, because communication can also occur orally or through gestures as long as meaning is shared.
- AA written document and a signature
- BA sender and a receiver exchanging a message with shared understandingCorrect
- CA formal meeting with an agenda
- DUse of electronic media
Explanation
Communication needs at least a sender, a message and a receiver, with the message understood. Writing, meetings and electronic media are only modes or occasions, not essentials. Without a receiver understanding it, there is no complete communication.
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