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Advanced Communication Skills

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Following is the matter related to management games:
Task

Management Games
Management games are becoming corporate India’s hottest learning laboratory from
indoor recreation to outdoor sports, from case studies to competitive bargaining, from
role enactment to puzzles. They are sweeping corporate corridors, turning moribund
management mindsets upside down, supplanting orthodoxy to strategic blasphemies and
preaching the gospel of creativity over conservatism. Some of the games and their benefits
are as follows:

1. Business games - Boost teamwork
2. Case studies - Break mental blocks
3. Creative brainstorming - Encourage exploration
4. Energizers - Develop leadership
5. Ice breakers - Encourage exploration

6. Micro lab - Facilitate innovations
7. Role plays - Help plan strategically
8. Simulations - Primes for change

9. Structured experiences - Sharpen skills
10. Unstructured experiences - Aid holistic thinking

7.9 Summary

Reading is one of the four communication skills; the other three being writing, speaking
and listening.
The components of reading skills are reading speed, comprehension, efficiency and
retention.

Reading speed is defined in terms of words read per minute.
Comprehension is the ability to understand anything after it is read. It is important to
have good ability to comprehend along with quick reading.

Reading efficiency is calculated by multiplying reading speed with comprehension ability.
Various factors like educational background, interest, environment, physical and mental
capability, etc., affect the reading efficiency of a person.

Techniques for improving reading efficiency include active reading, improving
concentration, preview and review of the read material, selection of style of reading,
overcoming obstacles and interferences, etc.

Retention capability allows you to memorize and recall the read material. This can be
improved by relating the material being read with some experience or persons, by narrating
the read out things to others, continuous reinforcement and determination.
For effective reading, one must define the purpose of reading, allot time schedule, choose
suitable style of reading and control interference.

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