The guidelines provided in this paper are intended to help teachers develop a separate course on oral business communication skills that would follow a course on written business communication. Following a review of research corroborating the need for a specialized business speech course, suggestions are enumerated concerning course objectives, content, oral assignments, written assignments, class size, appropriate instructional materials, evaluation procedures, and additional instructional ideas. A model syllabus incorporating these teaching and learning activities is also proposed. (RL)