Communicating at Work: Principles and Practices for Business Professionals - Softcover

Adler, Ronald; Elmhorst, Jeanne Marquardt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077532678 ISBN 13: 9780077532673

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, 2011

Synopsis

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. This work provides coverage of new pedagogy, key new topics and an expansion of other important concepts including sources of on-the-job conflict, how to use informational interviews for career advancement, and stages in group problem-solving. --from publisher description

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About the Author

Ronald B. Adler is Associate Professor of Communication at Santa Barbara City College, where he specializes in organizational and interpersonal communication. He is the author of Confidence in Communication: A Guide to Assertive and Social Skills and coauthor of Understanding Human Communication, Interplay: the Process of Interpersonal Communication as well as the widely used text Looking Out/Looking In. He is a consultant for a number of corporate, professional, and government clients and leads workshops in such areas as conflict resolution, presentational speaking, team building, and interviewing.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0077532678
• ISBN 13: 9780077532673
• Binding: Paperback