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Business and administrative communication
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4th ed.
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Boston : McGraw-Hill, 1997
ISBN:
9780256220575

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A survey of a broad range of topics in both written and oral communication, covering international business communication. Learning aids include expanded chapter exercises and problems covering getting started, e-mail messages, communicating at work and letter/memo/report writing.


Table of Contents

I The Building Blocks of Effective Messages
Chapter 1 Business Communication, Management, and Success
Chapter 2 Building Goodwill
Chapter 3 Adapting Your Message to Your Audience
Chapter 4 Making Your Writing Easy to Read
Chapter 5 Planning, Composing, and Revising
Chapter 6 Designing Documents and Screens
II Letters and Memos
Chapter 7 Informative and Positive Messages
Chapter 8 Negative Messages
Chapter 9 Persuasive Messages
Chapter 10 Sales, Fund-Raising, and Promotional Messages
III Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 11 Communicating Across Cultures
Chapter 12 Working and Writing in Groups
IV Reports
Chapter 13 Planning, Proposing, and Researching Reports
Chapter 14 Analyzing Information and Writing Reports
Chapter 15 Using Graphs and Other Visuals
Chapter 16 Making Oral Presentations
V Job Hunting
Chapter 17 Resumes
Chapter 18 Job Application Letters
Chapter 19 Job Interviews, Follow-Up Letters and Calls, and Job Offers
Appendixes A Formats for Letters, Memos and E-Mail Messages
B Writing Correctly
C Making and Communicating Meaning
D Crafting Logical Arguments