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    Communication:

    A
    Hands-on Approach
    Edition: 3rd Edition
    Publication date:
    Author/Editors: Cleary, S (Editor)
    ISBN: 9781485130925
    Format: Soft Cover
    Number of Pages: 448
    Retail price: R466.00 (incl. VAT, excl.
    delivery.)
    Website Link: juta.co.za/pdf/28288/

    About this Publication:

    The third edition of Communication: A Hands-on Approach focuses on different forms of communication, emphasizing
    writing as a communication tool, particularly within the business environment. To support this, each chapter contains
    numerous exercises to enable the student to practice the skills learnt in that chapter and to assist lecturers in
    reinforcing content covered in class.
    The evolution of technology and its use in the business environment has been taken into account and for this edition,
    the chapter on digital media has been expanded and updated to take into account the advent of the Fourth Industrial
    Revolution and disruptive approaches to education.
    A new chapter on intercultural communication has been included to prepare students to communicate for diversity.

    Key Features
    Learning objectives for students to judge how successfully they have engaged with the topics covered in the different
    chapters
    Updated exercises and application activities at the end of each chapter
    Highlighted guidelines, making the examples a practical learning tool
    A chapter devoted to some of the more difficult areas of English grammar, specifically for those
    who speak English as an additional language
    Guidelines on how to use social media in the workplace, including the appropriate use of
    Facebook and Twitter, effective business blogging and the use of Pinterest as a tool to enhance
    business communication
    A chapter on Communicating for Diversity
    New editions only: Main updates
    Chapter on small-group communication now includes negotiation skills
    Chapter on oral communication includes new sections on telephone skills, impromptu speaking and how to be an
    audience
    Business correspondence chapter has been updated to remove or summarise more dated
    correspondence styles
    Chapter on digital media received an extensive revision to include relevant social media
    Chapter on academic writing has been simplified
    Information literacy and referencing chapter has been updated with most recent referencing
    conventions and additional referencing sources eg thesis and government documents to be
    included
    Chapter on report writing has been reviewed to bring it in line with current report writing
    practices.
    Support material
    Interactive questions
    Model answers set in MS Word
    PowerPoint presentation, customised
    Case studies in MS Word
    Multiple choice questions (MCQs)
    PDFs
    Animations (graphs etc)

    Contents Include:

    Table of contents
    Chapter 1: Communication Theory
    New Chapter 2: Self/Sender
    New Chapter 3: Communicating for Diversity
    Chapter 2: Small-group Communication
    Chapter 3: Reading and Note-taking
    Chapter 4: Listening
    Chapter 5: Audience and Purpose
    Chapter 6: Oral Communication
    Chapter 7: Written Communication
    Chapter 8: Business Correspondence
    Chapter 9: Shorter Business Messages
    Chapter 10: Digital Media
    Chapter 11: Business Career: Employment Procedures
    Chapter 12: Academic Writing
    Chapter 13: Information Literacy and Referencing
    Chapter 15: Report Writing – review to bring in line with current report writing practices.
    Chapter 16: Meetings
    Chapter 17: Grammar in Use

    Of Interest and Benefit to:

    Undergraduate students at university and university of technology who wish to gain a grounded understanding of the
    the communication process in the workplace.

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