Delivering Bad News

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Delivering Bad News

Introduction

Communication is one of the most important things to be considered in life. It plays an important role in human life, and without communication life is impossible. Communication is important in every phase of life, whether it is related to educational life, personal life, or professional life. It is necessary that people understand the proper manner of communicating so that, they can communicate their message in an effective and understandable manner. There are different styles of communicating a message, and there are different mediums selected by people to communicate their message. It is necessary that people understand the ways of communicating and delivering messages. Communication helps in connecting people all over the world as it is one of the things that people all over the world share in common.

Delivering messages is a part of communication, and it is necessary that messages are delivered in an appropriate manner. People should know how to deliver messages in an effective manner, and they should think especially before delivering bad news. Bad news can have a bad effect on life, and it can also harm a person mentally, emotionally and psychologically. It is necessary that the bad news in delivered in such a way that the person can tolerate it and accept it. People are usually unable to accept bad news, and it gets tough for them to hear it. They need the comfort and ease as it is a part of human psychology that they are unable to tolerate bad news (Cook, 1991).

Discussion

Communication is a part of life and everyone around the world is involved in communicating with people around them. There are different styles and ways adopted by people for communicating and delivering their message using any appropriate channel. There are different channels of communication which involve face to face communication, on phone, internet chatting or through emails or text messages. Bad news is a part of life, and it is general that people have to deliver some bad news to other people. It depends on them that how they are able to deliver the news in the best possible manner.

Reaction differs from person to person as different types of news affect people in a different manner. There are different types of bad news, which include news of a natural disaster, robbery, terrorist attack, death of closed ones, suspension, lay off, or any such news. All these types of news need to be delivered in a proper manner, as different psychologists suggest that bad news attack the brain and emotions directly. So it is necessary that such news is given in an appropriate manner (Elizabeth, Mcintosh, and Ptacek, 2009).

The toughest part of communication is delivering bad news to anyone, as in this case it is necessary that the person does not get hurt or is emotionally or psychologically attacked. There are different tips which can help in delivering bad news, and these tips are listed below:

Never spit out the bad news directly, it ...