Business Communication: Process & Product

Author: Guffey Mary Ellen

Brand: Cengage Learning

Edition: 9

Number Of Pages: 1056

Details: Product Description

Let BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: PROCESS AND PRODUCT, 9E prepare you for success in today�s digital workplace. This leading textbook and vast digital resources help you develop the communication competencies that employers value most, such as superior writing, speaking, presentation, critical thinking, and teamwork skills. Two thoroughly updated employment chapters offer tips to prepare you for a labor market that is more competitive, more mobile, and more dependent on technology than ever before. Authors Mary Ellen Guffey and Dana Loewy have interviewed practitioners as well as researched hundreds of articles and blogs to capture the latest trends, technologies, and practices for the most up-to-date advice on how to ace the job search, resumes, cover letters, interviews, and follow-up activities. Optional grammar reviews in each chapter, including a complete grammar guide in the end-of-book appendix, help you improve critical English language skills.

About the Author

A dedicated professional, Mary Ellen Guffey has taught business communication and business English topics for more than 40 years. She received a bachelor�s degree, summa cum laude, from Bowling Green State University; a master�s degree from the University of Illinois; and a doctorate in business and economic education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has taught at the University of Illinois, Santa Monica College and Los Angeles Pierce College. Now recognized as the world�s leading business communication textbook author, Dr. Guffey is the founding author of three award-winning textbooks: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: PROCESS AND PRODUCT, ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION, and BUSINESS ENGLISH. Each rigorously updated book continues to lead its market and, together, these books have helped hundreds of thousands of students around the world develop language skills. Dr. Guffey serves on the review boards of Business and Professional Communication Quarterly and the International Journal of Business Communication, publications of the Association for Business Communication. She participates in national meetings, sponsors business communication awards and is committed to promoting excellence in business communication pedagogy and the development of student writing as well as speaking skills.

Dana Loewy taught business communication at California State University, Fullerton for two decades. She enjoyed introducing undergraduates to business writing and honing the skills of graduate students in managerial communication. Concurrently, she taught various German courses and was a regular guest lecturer at Fachhochschule N�rtingen, Germany. In addition to completing numerous brand-name consulting assignments, she is a business etiquette consultant certified by The Protocol School of Washington. She also occasionally advises businesses and nonprofit organizations in the United States and several European Union countries on strategic communication. Dr. Loewy holds a master�s degree from Bonn University, Germany, and earned a her doctorate degree in English from the University of Southern California. Fluent in several languages, among them German and Czech, her two native languages, Dr. Loewy has published various poetry and prose translations, most notably THE EARLY POETRY OF JAROSLAV SEIFERT and ON THE WAVES OF TSF. Before co-authoring books with Dr. Guffey, Dr. Loewy worked as a professional translator for 25 years, during which she produced subtitles for thousands of major feature films and videos. Active in the Association for Business Communication, Dr. Loewy focuses on creating effective teaching and learning materials for undergraduate and graduate business communication students.

Release Date: 12-01-2017

Package Dimensions: 34x282x1696