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Discover how your communication conveys your character -- or who you are as a person -- as you learn to make effective written and oral communication choices in your professional and personal life. Master your own natural, conversational style to earn trust and respect, to differentiate yourself in your career, or to gather funding. This edition addresses today's most important business communication concepts as new self-reflection questions help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself to better communicate and reach personal and professional goals. A new communication model emphasizes character check, audience analysis, message and medium (CAM) within in-person, online or social media communication. Intriguing examples from real companies illustrate principles at work. You also learn to communicate within a team, resolve conflict and maximize the latest communication and collaboration technology tools. MindTap digital tools help you further refine your communication skills.

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About the Book

In this book, each chapter begins with an on-the-job interview with managers from MNCs, small entrepreneurial companies and nonprofit organisations. The text places minor emphasis on traditional technology (such as word processing) and major emphasis on newer technologies (such as teleconferencing, videoconferencing, and video and electronic presentations). To make the book reader friendly, continuing examples are used throughout the chapter (and sometimes carried forward to the next Chapter). It contains mini-cases based on current events appear at the end of each chapter so that students can practice solving real-world communication problems.

Key Features

  • · Each Chapter begins with an on-the-job interview with managers from MNCs, small entrepreneurial companies and nonprofit organisations. All opening vignettes continue at the end of each Chapter with a 3Ps (Problem, Process and Product) activity.
  • · Continuing examples are used throughout the Chapter (and sometimes carried forward to the next Chapter).
  • · Mini-cases based on current events appear at the end of each Chapter so that students can practise solving real-world communication problems.
  • · The text places minor emphasis on traditional technology (such as word processing) and major emphasis on newer technologies (such as teleconferencing, videoconferencing, and video and electronic presentations). Every Chapter includes at least one Internet exercise. The Reference Manual at the back of the text covers parts of speech in addition to grammar basics, formatting guidelines, and a glossary.
  • · Instructor's Resource Manual with PowerPoint slides provides chapter overviews, lecture and discussion notes, suggested answers to and/or teaching tips for all writing exercises and case problems.
  • · Urban System Case Study CD-ROM being made available with the book is an innovative case study simulation for a continuing case in the text.
  • · In addition to Instructor's Resource Manual, a VCD (prepared by BBC and Discovery Channel) containing 12 video cases made available for adopter institutes/faculty.

About The Author
Scot Ober Ph.D. Dr. Scot Ober has taught business communication for more than 20 years, most recently as a professor of business at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Ohio State University in 1974. He has served as director of research for the Gregg Division of McGraw-Hill Book Company in New York City and served as a military secretary in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Bronze Star.

Table Of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Understanding Business Communication
  • Chapter 2. Work-Team Communication
  • Chapter 3. Communicating Technology
  • Chapter 4. Writing with Style: Individual Elements
  • Chapter 5. Writing With Style: Overall Tone and Readability
  • Chapter 6. The Process of Writing
  • Chapter 7. Routine Messages 8. Persuasive Messages
  • Chapter 9. Bad-News Messages
  • Chapter 10. Planning the Report
  • Chapter 11. Collecting and Analyzing the Data
  • Chapter 12. Writing the Report
  • Chapter 13. Planning the Business Presentation
  • Chapter 14. Illustrating and Delivering the Business Presentation
  • Chapter 15. Employment Communication
  • Chapter 16. Indian Case Studies


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9788177225228
  • Publisher: DTECH
  • Binding: Paperback
  • ISBN-10: 8177225227
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jul 2004
  • Language: English

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