Communicating in Business, International Edition - Softcover

Ober, Scot; Newman, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1111971765 ISBN 13: 9781111971762

Publisher: CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

COMMUNICATING IN BUSINESS, 8E, International Edition offers a realistic approach to communication in today's organizations. The text covers the most important business communication concepts in detail, and thoroughly integrates coverage of today's social media and other communication technologies. Building on core foundational written and oral communication skills, the 8th edition helps readers make sound medium choices and provides guidelines and examples for the many ways people communicate at work. 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.

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Review:

Part I: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION. 1. Understanding Business Communication. 2. Intercultural and Team Communication. 3. Interpersonal Communication Skills. Part II: DEVELOPING YOUR BUSINESS WRITING SKILLS. 4. The Writing Process. 5. Revising Your Writing. Part III: WRITTEN MESSAGES. 6. Neutral and Positive Messages. 7. Persuasive Messages. 8. Bad-News Messages. Part IV: REPORT WRITING. 9. Planning the Report and Managing Data. 10. Writing the Report. Part V: ORAL AND EMPLOYMENT COMMUNICATION. 11. Oral Presentations. 12. Employment Communication. REFERENCE MANUAL. Language Arts Basics. Formatting Business Documents. Common Types of Business Reports. Glossary.

About the Author:

Scot Ober (Ph.D, Ohio State) is a full-time consultant in business communication and document processing. Prior to his consulting career, Dr. Ober was Professor of Business at Ball State University. In addition to having taught Business Communication for over twenty years, he served as Editor of the Business Communication Quarterly for 1995 and 1996 and conducted an MBA-level Distance Learning Program through Ball State University. Amy Newman specializes in business communication at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. As a senior lecturer, she teaches two required communication courses: a freshman business writing and oral communication class and an upper-level persuasive communication class. Newman also teaches a graduate-level management communication course and an elective, Corporate Communication, which focuses on communication strategy, crisis communication, and social media. Newman served an adjunct instructor at Ithaca College; Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy in New York City; and eCornell, where she taught classes online. She has won several awards for excellence in teaching and student advising and grants to develop technology-based learning solutions. Prior to joining Cornell, Newman spent 20 years working for large companies, such as Canon, Reuters, Scholastic, and MCI. Internally, she held senior-level management positions in human resources and leadership development. As an external consultant, she worked to improve communication and employee performance in hospitality, technology, education, publishing, financial services, and entertainment companies. A graduate of Cornell University and Milano, Newman is author of several editions of BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: IN PERSON, IN PRINT, ONLINE. She has developed several multimedia company scenarios to accompany the book, has created an interactive tool for managing speech anxiety, and maintains a blog: BizComInTheNews.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1111971765
• ISBN 13: 9781111971762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592