Communicating at Work: Principles and Practices for Business and the Professions - Softcover

Adler, Ronald B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070004544 ISBN 13: 9780070004542

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1992

Synopsis

This text is designed primarily for courses focusing on oral communication - business presentations, group communication, and interviewing - rather than on written communication. The fourth edition contains new material on mediated communication and cultural diversity in the workplace. Greater emphasis is placed upon the ethics of interviewing and new sections on Listening to Criticism and giving feedback are included.

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About the Author

Ronald B. Adler is Associate Professor of Communication at Santa Barbara City College, where he specializes in organizational and interpersonal communication. He is the author of Confidence in Communication: A Guide to Assertive and Social Skills and coauthor of Understanding Human Communication, Interplay: the Process of Interpersonal Communication as well as the widely used text Looking Out/Looking In. He is a consultant for a number of corporate, professional, and government clients and leads workshops in such areas as conflict resolution, presentational speaking, team building, and interviewing. Jeanne Marquardt Elmhorst has been involved in communication studies for over 15 years. She received her master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, then traveled and taught in Asia for three years, sparking her interest in intercultural communication. She has taught at the University of Albuquerque and the University of New Mexico. She is currently an instructor at Albuquerque TVI Community College, where her courses reflect the variety in the communication discipline: business and professional, organizational, listening, gender, intercultural, and interpersonal. Jeanne also provides training for business and government clients.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070004544
• ISBN 13: 9780070004542
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 466