COMMUNICATING IN BUSINESS, 8e, helps take your communication skills to a higher level by combining up-to-date technology with stellar content to give you the foundations needed for success in business. Reflecting today's e-inundated marketplace, this comprehensive text covers the basics for all forms of business communication, from letters to e-mail, business plans to presentations, listening skills to nonverbal messages, diversity to teamwork, visual aids to Web blogs, interpersonal communication to twitter, and everything in between.
- Expanded coverage of communication technology developments, including social networking, blogging, and Twitter.
- Discussion of globalization's impact on communication, such as outsourcing and working in multiple cultures.
- Updated Writer's Workshop exercises for improving grammar and writing skills.
- Test Bank questions correlated to AACSB learning standards.
- "You be the Virtual Assistant" cases for applying chapter concepts to virtual assistant job scenarios.
- "Let's Talk Business" highlights real business experiences and application of chapter concepts.
- "Needs Work and Looks Good" provides examples for modeling homework and improving grades.
Part I: COMMUNICATION FUNDAMENTALS
- Business Communication Foundations
- Multicultural and Global Communication
- Technological, Legal, and Ethical Considerations
Part II: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT
- Principles of Business Communication
- Print and Electronic Messages
Part III: CORRESPONDENCE APPLICATIONS
- Message Formats
- Positive, Neutral, and Social Business Messages
- Negative Messages
- Persuasive Messages
Part IV: WRITTEN REPORT APPLICATIONS
- Business Research and Report Writing.
- Proposals, Business Plans, and Special Reports
- Visual Aids
Part V: ORAL AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
- Interpersonal Communication and Teamwork
- Listening and Nonverbal Messages
- Oral Communication Essentials
Part VI: EMPLOYMENT COMMUNICATION
- The Job Search and Resume
- Employment Communication and Interviewing.
Karen Schneiter Williams: San Diego Mesa College
A.C. "Buddy" Krizan: Murray State University
Joyce P. Logan: University of Kentucky
Patricia Merrier: University of Minnesota, Duluth