Business Communication

Process & Product

Mary Ellen Guffey, Dana Loewy (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

736 Seiten

2021 | 10th edition
South-Western College Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-357-12923-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Interested in making your skills future-ready and recession-proof? Guffey/Loewy's best-selling BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: PROCESS AND PRODUCT, 10E, can help. This leading text and MindTap digital resources guide you in developing the communication competencies most important for professional success in today's hyper-connected digital age. Refine the skills that employers value most, such as superior writing, speaking, presentation, critical thinking and teamwork skills. Two updated employment chapters offer tips for a labor market that is more competitive, mobile and technology-driven than ever before. Based on interviews with successful practitioners and extensive research into the latest trends, technologies and practices, this edition offers synthesized advice on building your personal brand, using LinkedIn effectively and résumé writing. A signature 3-x-3 writing process, meaningful assignments and digital practice tools further equip you with the communication skills to stand out in business today.

Autor

A dedicated professional, Mary Ellen Guffey has taught business communication and business English topics for over 35 years. She received a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Bowling Green State University; a master’s degree from the University of Illinois, and a doctorate in business and economic education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has taught at the University of Illinois, Santa Monica College, and Los Angeles Pierce College. Now recognized as the world’s leading business communication author, Dr. Guffey corresponds with instructors around the globe who are using her books. Dana Loewy taught business communication at California State University, Fullerton for nearly two decades. She enjoyed introducing undergraduates to business writing and honing the skills of graduate students in managerial communication. Concurrently, she also taught various German courses and was a regular guest lecturer at Fachhochschule Nürtingen, Germany. Dr. Loewy has played an increasingly significant role in collaborating with Dr. Guffey on recent editions of Essentials of Business Communication and Business Communication: Process & Product. Dr. Loewy holds a master’s degree from Bonn University, Germany, and earned a PhD in English at the University of Southern California. Fluent in several languages, among them German and Czech, her two native languages, Dr. Loewy has authored critical articles in many areas of interest—literary criticism, translation, business communication, and business ethics.

Inhalt

UNIT I: COMMUNICATION FOUNDATIONS
1. Business Communication in the Digital Age
2. Professionalism: Team, Meeting, Listening, Nonverbal, and Etiquette Skills
3. Intercultural Communication
UNIT II: THE WRITING PROCESS
4. Planning Business Messages
5. Organizing and Writing Business Messages
6. Revising Business Messages
UNIT III: WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION
7. Electronic Messages and Digital Media
8. Positive and Neutral Messages
9. Negative Messages
10. Persuasive and Sales Messages
UNIT IV: Reports, Proposals, and Presentations
11. Report Writing Basics
12. Informal Business Reports
13. Proposals, Business Plans, and Formal Business Reports
14. Business Presentations
UNIT V: EMPLOYMENT COMMUNICATION
15. The Job Search, Résumés, and Cover Letters in the Digital Age
16. Interviewing and Following Up
Appendix A: Document Formats
Appendix B: Citation Formats
Appendix C: Correction Symbols and Proofreading Marks
Appendix D: Grammar and Mechanics

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.02.2021
• Verlagsort: Florence
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 220 x 35 mm
• Gewicht: 1792 g
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• ISBN-10: 0-357-12923-7 / 0357129237
• ISBN-13: 978-0-357-12923-4 / 9780357129234
• Zustand: Neuware