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Business and Professional Communication Playbook: Essential Skills for Tomorrow′s Workplace
by Michelle T. Violanti Stephanie E. KellyBusiness and Professional Communication Playbook teaches students the essentials of business communication and necessary skillset that employers look for today. Michelle Violanti and Stephanie Kelly use engaging examples, provide tips on how to carry yourself professionally, and incorporate real-life experiences from recent graduates to teach students how to communicate like a professional. Focused, bite-sized chapters on the most important topics in business communication, such as interviewing, writing resumes, and leading team presentations will motivate students to read and prepare ahead of time so instructors can focus on skill-building during class. By using this simple and flexible format, this text will provide students and instructors with an excellent foundation for a successful Business Communication course. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package in SAGE Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that instructors and students actually love.
Business and Professional Communication Playbook: Essential Skills for Tomorrow′s Workplace
by Michelle T. Violanti Stephanie E. KellyBusiness and Professional Communication Playbook teaches students the essentials of business communication and necessary skillset that employers look for today. Michelle Violanti and Stephanie Kelly use engaging examples, provide tips on how to carry yourself professionally, and incorporate real-life experiences from recent graduates to teach students how to communicate like a professional. Focused, bite-sized chapters on the most important topics in business communication, such as interviewing, writing resumes, and leading team presentations will motivate students to read and prepare ahead of time so instructors can focus on skill-building during class. By using this simple and flexible format, this text will provide students and instructors with an excellent foundation for a successful Business Communication course. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package in SAGE Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that instructors and students actually love.
Business and Professional Writing: A Basic Guide for Americans
by Paul MacraeStraightforward, practical, and focused on realistic examples, Business and Professional Writing: A Basic Guide for Americans is an introduction to the fundamentals of professional writing. The book emphasizes clarity, conciseness, and plain language. Guidelines and templates for business correspondence, formal and informal reports, brochures and press releases, and oral presentations are included. Exercises guide readers through the process of creating and revising each genre, and helpful tips, reminders, and suggested resources beyond the book are provided throughout.
Business and Service Telephone Conversations
by Cecilia VarcasiaThis book considers the sequential deployment of the receiver's response to the caller's request in telephone service encounters between native speakers in the U. K, Germany and Italy analysing the different response formats and their grammatical configuration.
Business and Technical Writing
by Jeffrey JablonskiExperts now believe that multiple literacies are necessary for communicating effectively in today's business and technical settings. Part I of this textbook acquaints you with these literacies as well as the typical genres, or forms, of business and technical writing, including memos, letters, e-mails, resumes, reports, and presentations. Part II of this textbook offers a number of writing projects that require you to apply the relevant principles of effective written communication from Part I.
Business Bullshit
by André SpicerOur organizations are flooded with empty talk. We are constantly "going forward" to lands of "deliverables", stopping off on the "journey" to "drill down" into "best practice". Being an expert at using management speak has become more important in corporate life than delivering long lasting results. The upshot is that meaningless corporate jargon is killing our organizations. <P><P>In this book, management scholar the author argues we need to call this empty talk what it is: bullshit. The book looks at how organizations have become vast machines for manufacturing, distributing and consuming bullshit. It follows how the meaningless language of management has spread through schools, NGOs, politics and the media. <P><P>Business Bullshit shows you how to spot business bullshit, considers why it is so popular, and outlines the impact it has on organizations and the people who work there. It also outlines what we can do to minimise bullshit at work. The author makes a case for why organizations need to avoid empty talk and reconnect with core activities.
Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a Networked World
by Peter CardonIn Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a Networked World, Peter Cardon is taking a practitioner and case-based approach to help students develop an understanding of how course content applies to the business world. Maintaining a central theme of credibility, the author communicates why credibility is essential to effective communication. Integrated with Connect for Business Communication, Cardon provides a contemporary yet traditional view into the field, empowering students to learn bedrock communication principles while also staying up-to-date with cultural and technological changes in the business world—transforming them into leaders for a networked world.
Business Communication: Developing Leaders For A Networked World
by Peter W. CardonThe Business Communication field is at a crossroads as communication technologies are reshaping how people communicate in the workplace. Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a Networked World, by Peter Cardon, puts students at the center of business communication through the author's unique focus on credibility woven throughout the textbook chapters, forward looking vision built on traditional concepts, and practitioner and case-based approach. Students are more likely to read and reflect on the text, and are better positioned to understand the essentials of efficient and effective business communication, thereby transforming them into leaders for a networked world.
Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a Networked World (Third Edition)
by Peter W. CardonBusiness Communication: Developing Leaders for a Networked World, by Peter Cardon, puts students at the center of business communication through the author's unique focus on credibility woven throughout the textbook chapters, forward looking vision built on traditional concepts and practitioner and case-based approach. Students are more likely to read and reflect on the text, and are better positioned to understand the essentials of efficient and effective business communication, thereby transforming them into leaders for a networked world.
Business Communication: Process & Product
by Mary Ellen Guffey Dana LoewyA trusted market leader, BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: PROCESS AND PRODUCT presents the market's most innovative coverage of workplace communication skills with an expanded emphasis on digital writing.
Business Communication: Rethinking your professional practice for the post-digital age
by Peter Hartley Peter ChattertonEffective communication in business and commercial organizations is critical, as organizations have to become more competitive and effective to sustain commercial success. This thoroughly revamped new edition distils the principles of effective communication and applies them to organizations operating in the digital world. Techniques and processes detailed in the book include planning and preparing written communication, effective structures in documents, diverse writing styles, managing face-to-face interactions, using visual aids, delivering presentations, and organising effective meetings. In every case the authors consider the potential of new technology to improve and support communication. With helpful pedagogical features designed to aid international students, this new edition of a popular text will continue to aid business and management students for years to come. Additional content can now be found on the author's website - www.rethinkbuscomm.net
Business Communication
by Harvard Business School PressWith advice and tools for improving a wide array of communication skills--from delivering an effective presentation to drafting proposals to the effective use of e-mail--Business Communication helps managers deliver information effectively.
Business Communication: Building Critical Skills
by Stephen Kaczmarek Kitty LockerBusiness Communication: Building Critical Skills was built to provide the ultimate in freedom, flexibility, and focused classroom. Broken into 30 modular chapters, this text provides topic-focused modules, allowing instructors to customize their resources piece-by-piece to best suite their course and teaching style. Each module has a strong workplace activity orientation, supporting students to build critical skills in writing, speaking, and listening. Locker/Kaczmarek is grounded in solid business communication fundamentals, and supports students to piece together what is needed to be a successful communicator for the 21st century.
Business Communication
by Thomas L. MeansEquip students with the communication tools needed for success in today's workplace with this comprehensive, business-savvy text! Business Communication 2e has an exciting new contemporary design with clear easy-to-follow instructions guiding students through the chapters. Two new chapters have been added to this edition, increasing the emphasis on English Grammar and Writing Mechanics. Help students master the basics of workplace communication with proven instructional techniques, time-tested learning approaches, and complete teacher support. Topics such as exchanging information via telecommunications software, electronic mail, images and multimedia, and on-line information services are presented. Students refine writing, listening, speaking, computing, and research skills while using the latest technology tools. This text is ideal for the year-long business communication class. Business Communication 2e is the total solution for teachers who want comprehensive coverage of business document preparation.
Business Communication: In Person, In Print, Online
by Amy Newman<P>BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: IN PERSON, IN PRINT, ONLINE, 9E offers a realistic approach to communication in today's organizations.<P> The text covers the most important business communication concepts in detail and thoroughly integrates coverage of today's social media and other communication technologies.<P> Building on core written and oral communication skills, the ninth edition helps readers make sound medium choices and provides guidelines and examples for the many ways people communicate at work. <P>Readers learn how to create PowerPoint decks, use instant messaging and texting effectively at work, engage customers using social media, lead web meetings and conference calls, and more.
Business Communication: In Person, In Print, Online
by Amy NewmanDiscover a realistic approach to communication in today's organizations with BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: IN PERSON, IN PRINT, ONLINE, 10E. You learn today's most important business communication concepts in detail and within the context of how communication happens in organizations today. Company examples and situations demonstrate how principles work in the real business world. In addition to refining core written and oral communication skills, you learn to navigate complex relationships and use current, sophisticated technologies. You master the skills to create PowerPoint decks, manage your online reputation with LinkedIn and other tools, engage customers using social media, lead web meetings and conference calls, and more. With self-reflection questions throughout the book, you develop a deeper understanding of yourself and how to communicate most effectively to reach your personal and professional goals.
Business Communication Essentials
by Courtland V. Bovee John V. ThillBusiness Communication Essentials equips students with fundamental skills for a career in the modern, mobile workplace. With comprehensive coverage of writing, listening, and presentation strategies in a contemporary context, this text balances basic business English, communication approaches, and the latest technology in one accessible volume. Over the last two decades, business communication has been in constant flux, with email, web content, social media, and now mobile changing the rules of the game. In the Seventh Edition, Bovee and Thill provide abundant exercises, tools, and online resources to prepare students for the new reality of mobile communications and other emerging trends, ensuring a bright start in the business world.
Business Communication In A Week: Communicate Better In Seven Simple Steps
by Martin ManserThe ability to communicate clearly in business situations is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by Martin Manser, a leading experts on business communication, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order to be understood. The highly motivational 'in a week' structure of the book provides seven straightforward chapters explaining the key points, and at the end there are optional questions to ensure you have taken it all in. There are also cartoons and diagrams throughout, to help make this book a more enjoyable and effective learning experience. So what are you waiting for? Let this book put you on the fast track to success!
Business Communication In A Week: Communicate Better In Seven Simple Steps
by Martin ManserThe ability to communicate clearly in business situations is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by Martin Manser, a leading experts on business communication, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order to be understood. The highly motivational 'in a week' structure of the book provides seven straightforward chapters explaining the key points, and at the end there are optional questions to ensure you have taken it all in. There are also cartoons and diagrams throughout, to help make this book a more enjoyable and effective learning experience. So what are you waiting for? Let this book put you on the fast track to success!
Business Communication: Polishing Your Professional Presence
by Barbara Shwom Lisa Gueldenzoph SnyderThis book helps students achieve the highest level of professionalism when conducting business. With a clear communication model that helps students professionally analyse and react to any sort of business situation, this text stresses the importance of etiquette in successful entrepreneurial practices. The 4th Edition relates business communication to modern technologies and social media outlets, bringing the text into the context of our digital world. With a focus on learning and exercising skills in writing, speaking, critical thinking, and collaborating with peers, the text prepares students for the social and communicative challenges they will face as successful business people.
The Business Communication Profession: Essays on the Journeys of Leading Teacher-Scholars
by Janis FormanThis book provides a unique orientation to the present, past, and future of the field of business communication by collecting reflective essays from some of its most influential scholars, teachers, and leaders. Through a series of essays that bridge personal narrative and critical analysis, this book mentors a new generation of students, teachers, and professionals as they encounter the challenges and opportunities of business communication and shape the future of the field. The authors—all influential figures and award winners—describe their personal histories with the field and discuss how major aspects have evolved over time. The essays examine the pathways through which scholars encounter the discipline, the professional challenges they face, the evolving content of the business communication curriculum, the development of business communication programs and institutions, the value of an entrepreneurial mindset for career development, and the relationships between research, teaching, and professional practice. They offer stories about a diversity of paths for achieving personal and professional success and invite readers to think about what lessons they can apply to their own career advancement and satisfaction. In total, this collection provides both a living history of the field and a series of real-world examples of business communication at its finest. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of business communication and can be used as a supplemental text for courses in business communication, professional communication, and communication career preparation.
The Business Communication Profession: Essays on the Journeys of Leading Teacher-Scholars
by Janis FormanThis book provides a unique orientation to the present, past, and future of the field of business communication by collecting reflective essays from some of its most influential scholars, teachers, and leaders. Through a series of essays that bridge personal narrative and critical analysis, this book mentors a new generation of students, teachers, and professionals as they encounter the challenges and opportunities of business communication and shape the future of the field. The authors—all influential figures and award winners—describe their personal histories with the field and discuss how major aspects have evolved over time. The essays examine the pathways through which scholars encounter the discipline, the professional challenges they face, the evolving content of the business communication curriculum, the development of business communication programs and institutions, the value of an entrepreneurial mindset for career development, and the relationships between research, teaching, and professional practice. They offer stories about a diversity of paths for achieving personal and professional success and invite readers to think about what lessons they can apply to their own career advancement and satisfaction. In total, this collection provides both a living history of the field and a series of real-world examples of business communication at its finest. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of business communication and can be used as a supplemental text for courses in business communication, professional communication, and communication career preparation.
Business Communication Today (12th Edition)
by Courtland L. Bovee John V. ThillDirected primarily toward college/university students, this text also provides practical content to current and aspiring industry professionals. Bovée/Thill provides real-world training for the business world of today and tomorrow. The field's leading text for more than two decades, Business Communication Today continues to provide the cutting-edge coverage that readers can count on to prepare them for real business practice. This edition includes up-to-date coverage of the social communication model that's redefining business communication and reshaping the relationships between companies and their stakeholders. 0133131114 / 9780133131116 Business Communicaton Today Plus MyBCommLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0132971291 / 9780132971294 Business Communication Today 0132992191 / 9780132992190 MyBCommLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Business Communication Today
Business Communications
by Tom MeansBusiness Communications equips students with the communication tools needed for success in today's rapidly changing global business environment. New topics such as exchanging information via telecommunications software, electronic mail, images and multimedia and on-line information services are presented using the classical business communications approach.
Business Digitalization: Corporate Identity and Reputation (Routledge Studies in Marketing)
by Pantea Foroudi Maria Teresa CuomoTechnological advances, alongside increasing globalization and growing awareness of socio-cultural and socio-political issues, are driving corporate branding innovations, and organizations must react and adapt quickly to compete. This book investigates and explores the impact of digital transformation on building corporate branding, identity and reputation. This book brings together international contributors to provide examples from a wide range of industries and firms, including the retailing and agrifood industries, and illustrates the many dimensions of corporate branding and theories and how they can be aided by digital transformation. It explores the connection of branding with artificial intelligence, social media networks and technologies 4.0, as well as the limitations and challenges they might deliver. Using a combination of theory, primary research findings and practice, this book offers viewpoints and expertise from multiple regions, appealing to a global audience. This edited collection serves as an important resource for researchers, scholars and postgraduate students of marketing, brand management and corporate communications and those interested in the emerging relationship with technology.