Ober prepares students for business communication by employing a hands-on approach, connecting topics, examples, and exercises to the modern workplace. The text provides ample opportunity for students to practice their oral and written skills, and includes strategies for using email, voicemail, the Internet, and other innovations in communication ...
This book is written for you if you need to communicate in today's business or professional environment. *The thought of giving a presentation is making you nervous. How can you relax? *How can you write faster and more succinctly? *How can you use PowerPoint to create more effective slides? *How can you communicate effectively in different ...
Drawing on case studies and research from both management and communications fields, this text provides students with an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques needed to communicate successfully in today's business world. Separate chapters on the communication process and organizational theory form the foundation for later discussions ...
In the first edition of "Zapp!", Byham revealed a brilliant new system for jump-starting corporate success--with smart, efficient, and effective methods for motivating employees and improving productivity. Now updated to keep pace with the ever-changing business environment of the nineties, this revised edition brings new insights that are sure to ...
This Eighth Edition of "Business and Administrative Communication" by Donna Kienzler and Kitty Locker is a true leader in the business communications field. Beyond covering the broad scope of topics in both oral and written business communication, Locker's text uses a student-friendly writing style and strong design element to hold student ...
The leading text in business communication, "Communicating at Work" takes a pragmatic approach that features a strong multicultural focus, a heavy emphasis on effective presentations, and a pedagogical program designed to encourage group activities and skill building. Its combination of clear writing and effective use of tables makes this text an ...
The first edition of "Leadership Communication" was well received by students and instructors, and the second edition builds on that momentum. It continues to help current and potential managers become effective leaders by being better communicators. It brings together managerial communication and concepts of emotional intelligence to create a new ...
For upper-level undergraduate courses in Advanced Business Communication, Organizational Communication, or Managerial Communication, and for first-year graduate courses in Management Communication. As business goes global and begins to move at e-speed, how will management communication change for students of business? This book takes a strategic ...
Designed for introductory business and organizational communication classes, this successful, multi-edition book focuses on helping the reader to master the four essential elements of effective communication--setting goals, knowing the audience, mastering skills, and managing anxiety. The Sixth Edition addresses current challenges to business ...
Granville N. Toogood is a top executive communications expert, as well as an established speaker, trainer, and writer. Before starting his own company in 1982, Mr. Toogood was a television reporter and network news producer for NBC and ABC. Today he works with a long list of blue-chip clients and has served as a consultant to 38 of the Fortune 50 ...
Grounded in real business examples and fundamental skill-building, Business and Professional Communication places a strong emphasis on presentations in business settings to better prepare readers for the realities of daily career life. This book's comprehensive topic coverage provides clear guidance for all communication practices in businesses ...
In his best-selling book, Squirrel Inc., former World Bank executive and master storyteller Stephen Denning used a tale to show why storytelling is a critical skill for leaders. Now, in this hands-on guide, Denning explains how you can learn to tell the right story at the right time. Whoever you are in the organization CEO, middle management, or ...
"Managerial Communication, 3/e" by Hynes focuses on skills and strategies that managers need in today's workplace. This book continues to stand out in the field for its strategic approach, solid research base, comprehensive range of topics, its even-handed examination of oral and written channels, and its focus on managerial (as opposed to entry ...
Learn how to convey your message confidently by improving your skills in every form of communication. Create space in your day by identifying time-wasting traps and planning your time realistically and effectively. Improve your managerial technique by discovering how to make productive, informed decisions. Free your time, establish trust and ...
As a coach and trainer to hundreds of managers and executives from Fortune 500 companies, Peggy Klaus works daily with individuals who have hit career blocks: they are excellent at their jobs, but don't seem to be able to get ahead. The source of their frustrating career inertia is rarely a result of a shortfall in their technical expertise, but ...
In this exciting resource book, two of today's acknowledged games masters serve up a cookbook of activities that anyone leading a meeting or giving a presentation can use to break the ice, generate a lively discussion, or simply give a group a 'breather' from the monotony of a boring staff meeting or presentation. Each of the 75 group games and ...
"Artful scenario spinning is a form of convergent thinking about divergent fututes. It ensures not that you are always right about the future but----better----that you are almost never wrong about the future."----Stewart Brand This groundbreaking book from University of Strathclyde professor Kees van der Heijden shows how to use scenarios----a ...
Donna Kienzler shares the same vision for the book and research philosophy as "Kitty". She uses a student-friendly writing style and strong design element to hold student's attention. The ninth edition of "Business and Communication" by Donna Kienzler is a true leader in the business communication field. Beyond covering the broad scope of topics ...
As Aristotle put it long ago, human beings are distinguished from other species by our ability to use language. Yet too often, at our jobs and in our business, we don't listen to one another. Invested in our views, we explain when we should inquire. Caught up in our own preconceptions, we disguise our feelings and fears, and hide our very meaning. ...
As the author did when discussing men's and women's tendencies to adopt different conversational styles in "You Just Don't Understand", Tannen is careful in this book to emphasize that not all men follow typically masculine patterns of conversation, and not all women follow typically feminine patterns. Based on research and interviews, and written ...
You know charisma when you see it in executives who exude self-confidence, style, composure, authority, and a boundless energy that propels them straight into the corner office. You work just as hard, contribute just as much; you're talented and ambitious, but what can you do? You're either born with charisma, or you're not, right? Wrong! In ...
"Corporate Communication" by Paul Argenti was the very first and remains the most comprehensive text available on the subject. The 3rd Edition of Argenti's text and case work describes changes in the environment for business that have taken place over the last half-century and their implications for corporate communication. While attitudes about ...
For courses in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Human Relations, and Interpersonal Skills. This introduction to success in the workplace provides an accessible overview of major psychological concepts and techniques that conveys to students how to exercise a solid professional performance and achieve personal satisfaction. Approaches to ...
In "Leading with Questions", internationally acclaimed management consultant Michael Marquardt shows how you can learn to ask the powerful questions that will generate short-term results and long-term learning and success. Throughout the book, he demonstrates how effective leaders use questions to encourage participation and teamwork, foster ...
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