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Postgraduate
Final Examination
2016 Trimester 3
Subject Code: GB512
Subject Title: Business Communications
Length of Exam: 3 hours
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Total Number of Questions: 4
Total Marks: 100
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Answer the four (4) questions for a total of 100 marks.
In answering the questions, use at least 4 (four) academic, peer reviewed sources, and
refer to at least 3 (three) different sources per question. You need to use both the in-text
referencing and the reference list in the Harvard style.
1. What challenges does globalisation and internationalisation pose for professionals in the 21st
century? Focus especially on what Jadhav & Gupta (2014) call 'gaps in conveying and
interpreting thoughts' (p. 82).
Length: 300 words
Worth: 20
2. In Working with Emotional Intelligence (1998), Goleman created a model of EI with 5
clusters and 25 competencies. Discuss how the 3 competencies of the Self-Awareness cluster
can affect professional communication (Jadhav & Gupta 2014, p. 85).
Length: 400 words
Worth: 30
3. Goleman (1998) included Communication in the Social Skills Cluster. Explain why recent
research argues that Communication as a skill is also closely related to self-regulation,
motivation and empathy (Jadhav & Gupta 2014).
Length: 400 words
Worth: 30
4. Choose one competency from EI and explain how it can help you to function as a
professional.
Length: 300 words
Worth: 20transaction.