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Introduction Sharp and Brumberger (2013) made a study report on the importance of business communication in top 50 Undergraduate Business Schools. The data they have used is taken from the websites of the business schools rather than the unit chair and administrators. In their study they found that the business communication course is offered with their schools or they offer through other departments but without a proper affiliation. Course Specifics - findings When looking at the structure of course sponsor, of the 42 institutions that offered business communication, 32 institutions (76%) were housing the communication course within their own business school(Sharp&Brumberger 2013, p.10). When comparing this with the previous study there is a slight increase from 1999 study, that 25 out of 36 schools (69%) housed the communication course within the school (Knight 1999, as cited in Sharp&Brumberger 2013). 24% of the business communication courses were in housed by within the department but they were not credit worthy as they do not have any affiliation. Very few universities have course specific study pattern. Sharp and Brumberger also found that nearly one quarter of the courses offered the business communication was from outside of the business school. Conclusion Many of the courses offered as part of the business curriculum was not planned in a proper way to make it credit worthy. Many universities did not take proper effort to focus on more on business communication and the way it was offered. The study structure seems bleak. Words – 245

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