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  • Nonverbal business messages

Nonverbal messages

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Business English (MGT 201)

Unit 4: Business Communication Messages

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of nonverbal messages.
  • Use the relevant language and writing techniques in business communication.

Curriculum Scope

  • Nonverbal business messages

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Nonverbal communication

    1. Facial expressions, gestures, posture and eye contact.
    2. Space, appearance and contextual cues.
    3. Relationship between verbal and nonverbal meaning.

  2. Business application

    1. Observe nonverbal signals in workplace interactions.
    2. Check consistency between words and behavior.
    3. Interpret cautiously when context or cultural meaning is uncertain.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, BBS curriculum with first-year syllabus, PDF pages 12-13.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit lecture hours apply to the whole unit; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.