Management Communication, 3rd Edition - Softcover

Bell, Arthur H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470084456 ISBN 13: 9780470084458

Publisher: Wiley, 2010

Synopsis

Finally business professionals will be able to learn how to communicate effectively. This book builds the essential writing, speaking, and listening skills needed to succeed. An entire section is devoted to helping non-native speakers of English in their efforts to produce readable, well-edited work. It includes Communication Dilemmas boxes that pose interesting, real-life communication choices and challenges. Six brief interviews with real communication experts are presented that explore a variety of different corporate environments. New sections are also included on social networking communications and the electronic career search. Business professionals will discover how to apply newly acquired communication skills throughout their careers.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Effective managerial communication starts with an effective learning tool. Designed for an upper level undergrad, MBA, or Executive MBA course, Management Communication teaches students the essential writing and speaking skills within a business management context. Coverage includes intercultural communication, gender related issues, diversity issues, technology, media, crisis, and conflict resolution. Communication skills for leadership and team building are also developed. And students will gain a real–world perspective since the authors have applied communication concepts and techniques in such fields as retail sales, manufacturing, real estate, and corporate financial management. Key Features:
∗ The text provides a focused and concise approach to the key concepts.
∗ Includes cases with writing and speaking assignments designed for individual and group work. Additional cases can be found in the instructor′s manual.
∗ The authors explain the material in a conversational style, then encourage students to "try it – evaluate it – perfect it."
∗ Students will learn to apply communication skills in various business fields.
∗ Many of the exercises and assignments are intended to get students to explore and use the Internet.
∗ A web site for the text provides an Internet guide consisting of over 600 Web addresses and descriptions, including information on job search, presentation skills, aids for business writers, and other related subjects.
∗ Visit the web site at www.wiley.com/college/bell

About the Author:

Arthur H. Bell is Executive Director of MBA Programs at the Masagung Graduate School of Management, University of San Francisco, where he is also Professor of Management Communication. He holds his PhD in English from Harvard University and is the author of 49 books on a variety of management, communication, language, and literature topics. Among his most recent books are Winning with Trust in Business, with R. Cohn (Pelican, 2008), Butterflies Be Gone! Banishing Speaker's Nerves (McGraw-Hill, 2008), and You Can't Talk to Me That Way! Stopping Toxic Language in the Workplace (Career Press, 2006). Dayle M. Smith is Professor of Management and Director of the Honors Program in the School of Business and Professional Studies, University of San Francisco. She holds her PhD in Organizational communication from the University of Southern California. She teaches undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA classes in Leadership, organizational behavior, teambuilding, and human resource management. She is the author of many books in her field, including Women at Work: Leadership for a New Century (Prentice Hall, 1999) and Learning Team Skills 2e (Prentice Hall, forthcoming 2009).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470084456
• ISBN 13: 9780470084458
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 600