This fourth edition provides the knowledge and skills needed to empower students to handle important work-related activities, including job interviewing, working in teams, strategically utilizing visual aids and providing feedback to supervisors.
This fourth edition provides the knowledge and skills needed to empower students to handle important work-related activities, including job interviewing, working in teams, strategically utilizing visual aids and providing feedback to supervisors.
Supporting the reader in moving from interview candidate, to team member to leader, the text includes an emphasis on building skills for business writing and business presentations and covers new communication technology and social media. A new `Introduction for Students' introduces the KEYS process to the reader, explaining the benefits of studying business and professional communication. The KEYS organizing theme includes:
Know Yourself self-assessments and inventories Evaluate the Professional Context sections that encourage application of knowledge to a variety of professional contexts and situations, Your Communication Interaction features focusing on making competent communication choices and selecting the appropriate communication channel Step Back and Reflect sections that present challenges and dilemmas in business and professional contexts, promoting analysis of what went wrong in specific business and professional situations
“"This book is a well-organized and easily accessible text that provides a clear progression and approach to skill development that can enhance both our communication and approach to management and organizational culture."”
-- Raymond Blanton
Kelly M. Quintanilla is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She earned her Ph.D. in Communication from the Pennsylvania State University in 1994, joining the A&M-CC faculty that same year. She was a Professor of the Communication for 16 years, teaching courses in Business & Professional Communication, Teamwork & Leadership, Organizational Communication, Public Relations, and Public Speaking. Additionally, she served as Department Chair/Program Coordinator in Communication from 2000-2009. Over the years, Dr. Quintanilla has received awards for her teaching, service, advising, and scholarship. She has also worked as an executive coach and an organizational communication consultant for a variety of industries. Although she loves her career, her greatest love is spending time with her husband, Anthony and daughter, Logan on the sunny beaches of the South Texas. Shawn T. Wahl (PhD, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) is a professor of communication and head of the Department of Communication in the School of Communication Studies at Missouri State University (MSU). Prior to MSU, he served as head of the Department of Communication, Mass Media, & Theatre at Angelo State University and as the director of graduate studies at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. He is coauthor of Nonverbal Communication for a Lifetime, Business and Professional Communication: KEYS for Workplace Excellence, Persuasion in Your Life, Communication and Culture In Your Life, and Public Relations Principles: Strategies for Professional Success. Shawn has published articles in Communication Education, Communication Research Reports, Communication Teacher, Journal of Family Communication, and Basic Communication Course Annual. Shawn was a faculty participant in the National Communication Association Learning Outcomes in Communication project and is the 2016 President of the Central States Communication Association. In addition, Shawn has worked across the nation as a corporate trainer, communication consultant, and leadership coach in a variety of industries. Outside of his professional work, he enjoys spending time with his family and two Chinese pugs (Jake and Bentley).
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