Essentials of Business Communication

Essentials of Business Communication 8Ce presents a streamlined approach to business communication that includes unparalleled resources and author support for instructors and students. This text provides a three-in-one learning authoritative text, practical workbook, and a self-teaching grammar/mechanics handbook. Textbook chapters teach basic writing skills and then apply these skills to a variety of workplace writing tasks, including e-mails, memos, letters, reports, and résumés. Realistic model documents and structured writing assignments help students build lasting workplace skills. Especially effective for students with inadequate language skills, the eighth edition will offer extraordinary print and digital exercises to help students build confidence as they review grammar, punctuation, and writing guidelines.

Mary Ellen Guffey is Emerita Professor of Business from Los Angeles Pierce College. She has taught business communication and business English topics for over thirty years and is the author of several, marketing-leading, internationally recognized textbooks in the field such as Business Communication: Process and Product, 5e.

Bertha Du-Babcock is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Communication at City University in Hong Kong, where she has taught courses on professional communication skills and intercultural communication.