Art and Science of Communication : Tools for Effective Communication in the Workplace

Pamela S Perkins

ISBN 10: 0470247592 / ISBN 13: 9780470247594

Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2008

About this Item

Neu - The Art&Science of Communication teaches readers how to increase their communication effectiveness. Perkins uses applicable techniques, analogies and models that creatively and clearly explain the formulas of successful communication. The key is to skillfully control the messages you send and take the guesswork out of the ones you receive. This book will teach you how to: Merge the science of communication with practical, everyday communication occurrences within the workplace in an understandable, applicable and powerfully inspiring way Provide tangible practices which when engaged produce results Introduce the reader to the rules of Communication in their distinct settings by examining the major, everyday situations employees and employers find themselves in Introduce the reader to the first and primary communication experience - the self and the impact of Intrapersonal Communication on ALL aspects of the communication experience Show a direct and manageable connection between the variety of communication contexts we all experience and how they build one upon the other - The Communication Staircase.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Art and Science of Communication : Tools for Effective Communication in the Workplace
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470247592
• ISBN 13: 9780470247594
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 18D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 540 grams

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Synopsis

The Art and Science of Communication shows you a new way to understand and use communication in the workplace. Revealing the seven types of communication we all use every day, the book shows you how to increase your communication effectiveness in any setting with practical techniques, analogies, and models that clearly explain the formulas for successful communication. Combining the science and art of communication into one effective formula, this book offers a straightforward and easy to understand plan for a more successful career.

About the Author

P.S. PERKINS is founder and CEO of the Human Communication Institute, LLC, and a graduate of the communication schools of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and New York University. She has been training, lecturing, and developing communications curricula for more than twenty years. She is currently a featured writer for the magazines Personal Development and Diversity Works!, talk show host of InWORD OutWORD: Conversations About Communication, and a featured practitioner in the motivational film, Pass It On!