Business Communication Practices: Modern Trends - Hardcover

Uma Narula

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8126906014 ISBN 13: 9788126906017

Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd., 2006

Synopsis

Business communication practices that are changing overtime, are significant for success of any business. Relying importantly on interpersonal communications and technology, the changing modern trends in business communications focus on the importance of human communication relationships for business communication links, communication skills and development and training programs. While the mass low-end markets, the bottom of the Pyramid, and rural markets are getting the center spread for business realities, globalization with its challenges and outsourcing is changing the business communication scenarios. In 2000 decades, the business management scholars, teachers and trainers, researchers, practitioners, professionals, and educators look forward to changing business communication scenarios for core competencies in business. The present book is a timely publication, aiming at presenting the ongoing paradigm shift in business communication practices in cohesive and understandable pattern. It gives the readers insights about communication realities in the business world. It introduces the readers to business communication typology, contexts and patterns. Highlighting the inflow and outflow of information and sharing with the external and internal links of the business organization, the book discusses the dynamics of business communications in the context of performance and productivity. Besides, Marketing from its various approaches, and Innovations of products and services are also discussed in detail. Apart from these, the role of Advertisement, Public Relations tactics, communication technologies and skills, varied business models and many other related concepts have been analytically dealt with. The present book is offered to the students, researchers, professionals and practitioners with the hope that it will provide not only accessible but exciting study material.

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About the Author

Uma Narula is Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. At present she is Director/ Communication Consultant (Research & Training) with Communication Networks (CNET), New Delhi, India. She regularly conducts social and development research on national and international issues and provides communication training to corporate and academic groups. She has published ten books of which she has co-authored three books: Development as Communication (1986); Culture, Politics and Research Programs (1990); New Communication Technologies in Developing Countries (1990). The other seven books exclusively authored by her include: Mass Communication: Theory and Practice (1994); Development Communication: Theory and Practice (1994, revised 1999); Mass Communication Technologies: New Perspectives (2001); Communication Perspectives: Cultural Diffusion, Dynamic and Challenges (2001); Yearnings (Fiction - 2003); Indian Women Across Generations (2005) and Handbook of Communication Models, Perspective and Strategies (2006). She has a number of research publications and articles to her credit. She has been associated with a number of national and international research projects, teaching, and training since 1958.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd.
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 8126906014
• ISBN 13: 9788126906017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 388