Fifty Possible Topics for
Written and Oral
Management Communication Reports

1. How Color Affects Communication
   
2. Audio and Visual Signals and Their Use in Communicating in Business and Industry
   
3. Non-Verbal Communications: Differences Between Cultures
   
4. Communication Problems in (xyz) Company and Solutions
   
5. Cutting Costs in Communications
   
6. How Telecommunications Will Change Management Communications
   
7. Word Processing Equipment: Selection (Or Use)
   
8. Logical Fallacies and How to Avoid Them in Business Communications
   
9. Techniques for Improving Listening
   
10. How Annual Reports Communicate to Stockholders (Specific communication tools used)
    
11. Developing Effective Graphic Communications (Choose a specific type of graphic)
    
12. Business Writing as a Tool of Management Control
    
13. How to Have an Effective Conference or Meeting
    
14. The Origins of Interesting Words
    
15. Subliminal Communications in Business
    
16. The Importance of Feedback for Effective Communication
    
17. Communication: The Effective Use of Audio-Visual Aids in Management Presentations
    
18. Unusual Sales Correspondence (Collect interesting communications and point out unusual features. Can be used for other types--credit, etc.)
    
19. The Impact of the Computer on Communications in Business
    
20. Transactional Analysis: Its Use in Improving Communication in Business
    
21. The Relationship Between Communication Ability and Success in Business
    
22. General Semantics and Errors in Communications
    
23. Barriers to Effective Business Communication and Ways to Overcome Them
    
24. Difficulties Most Often Encountered in Business Writing and How to Avoid Them
    
25. How Business Uses Multi-Media Presentations to Communicate with (any group)
    
26. Barriers to Effective Listening or Active Listening and the Improvement of Interpersonal Communication
    
27. Basic Methods of Research in Business
    
28. Semantics: How the Meanings of Words Affect Our Business Lives
    
29. The Office Grapevine and Management Communication
    
30. How to Write an Effective (type) Letter
    
31. The Gunning Fog Index or Other Readability Indexes
    
32. The Employment Interview: Making it Effective (From employee or employer view)
    
33. Writing Effective Resumes
    
34. The Scientific Approach to Problem Solving for Written Reports
    
35. Tips for Effective Oral Presentations
    
36. The Self-Concept and Writing Ability
    
37. How the Internet Aids Communication
    
38. Organizing Material for Effective Reports
    
39. How to Lead an Effective Discussion
    
40. Communication Networks in Organizations (or in a specific company)
    
41. Brainstorming as a Tool of Communications
    
42. Improving the Use of (punctuation, grammar, parts of speech, etc.)
    
43. Differences in Perception and Their Effect on Communications
    
44. The Semantic Differential as a Measure of Meaning
    
45. Inference vs. Facts: Their Confusion
    
46. Using Motivators in the Communication Process
    
47. How to Use E-Mail Effectively
    
48. Handwriting: The Need for Good Handwriting;
    
49. How Handwriting Communicates (Handwriting Analysis)
    
50. Choosing the Most Effective Communication Medium for Varying Situations

Dr. Warren C. Weber
Cal Poly University, Pomona