Fundamentals of Effective Communication in the Workplace Coursework

Fundamentals of Effective Communication in the Workplace - Coursework Example This reason was earlier provided to the class by the lecturer. The teacher carefully listened to my claim and then accepted his mistake and corrected my answer as well as increased my grade. Communication is said to be effective if the message and the meaning that the sender of the message wants to provide to the receiver is similar to the meaning and the message that the receiver attains. Most important part of effective communication is the feedback that is received from the receiver of the message. If the message is understood by the receiver and his response is similar to the expected response of the sender, the message is said to have been communicated in an effective manner (Borkowski 72). In the above incident effective communication took place because the purpose for which I talked to my instructor of accepting that my answer was correct and then adjusting my grade effectively was attained. The change of the grade by the instructor is the feedback that I expected and received from my instructor. Another reason due to which I perceive that my message was effectively communicated is that my instructor had allotted sincere effort and time to listen to me. In order for effective communication to take place it is essential that an individual listens to what is being said and then taking any action (Guffey 22). My instructor became a very good listener when I described him the problem and then only he took the corrective action. I even perceive that my communication was effective in nature because I selected the right medium for communicating my message. I could have used other ways such as writing a letter to the instructor or an email. But I choose to talk to him face to face because without this medium I would not have been able to discuss the issue in detail (Guffey 107). The corrective measures that were taken by my teacher made me feel that the educational institute has an