Public speaking and workplace skills. A new domain for global business communication

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Grammar Style Working Technique language: English abstract: The study of public speaking is proposed as a peculiar area of the business communication domain. A diachronic analysis of the inter- and multi-disciplinarian nature of public speaking in business communication is proposed as a foundation for a new field of theoretical and applied research. Moreover public speaking is described here as a basic workplace skill in business communication. Entrepreneurs' public speaking is chosen as an interesting case study: empirical data support the thesis of a strict relationship between entrepreneurs' effectiveness in speaking and the social construction of their meanings. Drawing on those considerations a more focused reflection on the impact of oratorical skills in business communication contexts is explored.