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Abstract of Published Papers 2008Business and Economics1 st International Conference of Global Business and Management Forum (GBMF UNOMAHA, Best Paper Award), Pearl School of Business (PSB), Gurgaon, November 7-8India, 2008Communication Skill of the Business Executives of Local Private BusinessConcerns in BangladeshNargis Akhter*, Sardana Islam Khan*, Md. Kamrul Hassan*AbstractThe study attempts to focus on the facts relating to the communication skill of the differentlevels of business executives of local private business concerns in Bangladesh and their levelof awareness regarding the importance of communication skill for them. The study revealsthat majority of the executives’ opinions are positive regarding the importance ofcommunication course for executives, many of them have completed this course and majorityof them are dissatisfied with it. The study also reveals that many of the executives havereceived training on communication skill and majority of them are dissatisfied with itsquality. Although majority of the executives think that there should be compulsory trainingprogram on communication skill in business organizations but compulsory training programdoes not exist in any of the business organization. Executives’ opinions regarding thedifferent issues relating to this study are independent of their levels. Academicians shoulddesign and execute the communication course from the practical point of view and employersshould offer compulsory training program on communication skill to their businessexecutives.Keywords: Communication Skill, Training on Communication Skill, CommunicationCourse, Business Executives, Local Private Business Concerns in Bangladesh.* Department of Business Administration, East West University, 43 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212Email address: nargis@ewubd.edu, sardana@ewubd.edu, kamrul@ewubd.edu14