Excellence in Business Communication FROM THE PUBLISHER
Mastering Business Communications, Perils of Pauline, Version 2.0, updates and improves the popular Perils of Pauline CD-ROM. Students follow the ups and downs of a fictional character, Pauline Peterson, in her first job after graduating from college. Students watch Pauline as she faces a variety of crises at work, then they help her meet these challenges through interactive exercises. Students will see the positive consequences when Pauline puts her business communication know-how to work. They'll also see the sometime humorous, sometime difficult, consequences when she fails to meet these challenges.
This dramatic, informative, and stimulating CD covers the following topics:Conducting a MeetingVerbal and Nonverbal CommunicationIntercultural CommunicationUsing E-Mail Effectively in BusinessBrainstorming SessionsListening SkillsPersuasive MessagesSuccesful RésumésThe Job InterviewGiving a Formal SpeechWriting Bad News MessagesResolving Conflict
FROM THE CRITICS
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This text covers foundations of business communication, the writing process, brief messages, reports and oral presentations, and employment messages. Learning features include on-the-job vignettes, Web links, profiles of business communication professionals, and many sample documents for analysis and critique. Other features include cases and questions and case-based exercises. This edition contains new material on writing for the Web and e-business communication. Also new are sidebars on intercultural communication, workplace ethics, career skills, and technology. Reorganization has reduced the number of chapters in this edition from 18 to 15. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)