Essentials Of Business
Communication
The Ninth Edition of this award-winning text offers abundant instructor resources to
simplify the planning and delivery of a successful course with emphasis on: electronic
messages and digital media, professionalism, communication technology, and employment
communication.
Table of Contents
Unit I: WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION TODAY.
1. Communication Skills as Career Filters.
Unit II: THE BUSINESS WRITING PROCESS.
2. Planning Business Messages.
3. Composing Business Messages.
4. Revising Business Messages.
Unit III: WORKPLACE MESSAGES.
5. Electronic Messages and Digital Media.
6. Positive Messages.
7. Bad News Messages.
8. Persuasive and Sales Messages.
Unit IV: BUSINESS REPORTS.
9. Informal Reports.
10. Proposals and Formal Reports.
Unit V: PROFESSIONALISM AND TEAM, MEETING, AND PRESENTATION SKILLS.
11. Business Etiquette, Ethics,
Teamwork, and Meetings.
12. Business Presentations.
Unit VI: EMPLOYMENT COMMUNICATION.
13. The Job Search, Resumes, and Cover Letters.
14. Interviewing and Following Up.
Appendix A: Document Formats.
Appendix B: Proofreading and Corrections Symbols.
Appendix C: Citation and Documentation Formats. Grammar/Mechanics Handbook. Key to
Grammar/Mechanics Checkups. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index.
576 pages, paperback