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Effective Business Writing :(A Guide For Those who Write On the Job) 2nd Edition Revised And Updated
Maryann V. Piotrowski Manufacturer: Collins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0062733818 |
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From persuasive memos to complaint letters, sales letters to executive summaries -- this exceedingly useful guide helps the business worker write clearly and in an appropriate format, style and tone. Numerous examples show how to overcome writer's block, organize messages for maximum impact, achieve an easy-to-read style, find an efficient writing system and much more.Customer Reviews:
Go to book.......2006-11-03
Great reference book - - timely, too!.......1999-04-22
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Loud and Clear: How to Prepare and Deliver Effective Business and Technical Presentations
George L. Morrisey , Thomas L. Sechrest , and Wendy B. Warman Manufacturer: Perseus Books Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0201127938 |
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As consultants and trainers who specialize in public speaking and other elements vital to a persuasive corporate production, George Morrisey, Thomas Sechrest, and Wendy Warman are well-versed in the good (as well as the bad and the ugly). The fourth edition of their time-tested guide, Loud and Clear: How to Prepare and Deliver Effective Business and Technical Presentations, offers step-by-step advice on critical components from visuals to logistics to delivery. It unequivocally views preparation as the crux, however, and fully outlines six integrated planning procedures certain to improve one's chance for success. --Howard RothmanBook Description
Full step-by-step advice and practical answers, Loud and Clear is just what today's managers and technical experts need to make sure their messages come across clearly and confidently. Available for decades only at a college discount , this presentations handbook has been completely revised and updated for trade publications.Customer Reviews:
Excellent instructional reference.......2000-10-19
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Effective Business and Technical Presentations
George L. Morrisey , and Thomas Sechrest Manufacturer: Perseus Books (Sd) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0201158523 |
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Effective Writing for the Quality Professional: Creating Useful Letters, Reports, and Procedures
Jane Campanizzi Manufacturer: ASQ Quality Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Spiral-bound ASIN: 0873896254 |
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An invaluable and instructive reference .......2005-06-10
An invaluable and instructive reference .......2005-06-10
An invaluable and instructive reference .......2005-06-10
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Effective Business Communications
Herta A Murphy , Herbert W Hildebrandt , and Jane P. Thomas Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 007044398X |
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The Murphy book gives strong emphasis to completeness, conciseness, consideration, concreteness, clearness, courteousness, and correctness in business communication. These "seven Cs" guide student-readers to choose the content and style that best fits the purpose and recipient of any given message. Pedagogically rich, most chapters in this paperback text include checklists, mini-cases and problems, "Communication Probe" boxes which summarize related research, and sidenotes that isolate significant points that should not be missed. Two new chapters are devoted to ethics and technology respectively.Customer Reviews:
Excellent guide to writing correct english.......1998-09-07
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Preparing and Delivering Effective Technical Presentations (Artech House Technology Management and Professional Development Library)
David L. Adamy Manufacturer: Artech House Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1580530176 |
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Complete and In-depth.......2001-08-16
What sets this book apart, though, is the way the author addresses the logistical issues, which can be a coordinator's nightmare. The advice given is born of experience and enduring the last minute pressures of getting on a plane to do an unplanned presentation the next morning. As life would have it, such events depend on luck and demonstration equipment or software functioning perfectly. As Murphy's Law would have it, these events age one rapidly. But the author thoroughly covers all of the issues and factors, including scheduling and logistics and how to coordinate the complexities of preparing the site. He also goes into minute details of site selection and optimum room layout, audience (and speaker) comfort and safety and coordinating multiple speakers. Here is an example of the level of detail the book goes into, showing how well thought out the material is: managing speaking events in multilingual audiences or guest speakers requiring translators.
To a presenter this book is valuable; to an event coordinator or road-warrior presenter this book is a jewel. It covers topics and situations you rarely think of until you've been embarrassed a few times, and is clearly and cleverly written.
Some good, some bad.......2001-08-04
In the preface of the book the author mentions that the growth in computer projection equipment and the accompanying software that enables the creation of the so called "slide shows" may lead to the impression that everything is done by the computer. In this book he effectively shows that that is not the case.
The book commences in Chapters 2 and 3 by stressing the importance of planning your talk. Knowing what you want to say and who the audience will be. It emphasises planning the overall structure of the talk.
Chapters 4 and 5 are appropriately dedicated to the use of visual aids. It stresses the importance of getting the message to the audience. From this perspective it provides sensible useful guidelines for people whose artistic capabilities may not be well developed. Practical aspect of letter sizing and color usage is presented - mistakes in this regard, which I see made in presentations at all levels, are pointed out. These two chapters will probably shed interesting light on certain issues even for reasonably experienced presenters. The only "factor" that I could find that is not addressed in these chapters is the excessive use of animation which certain computer software "impose" on you. Therefore if a section that builds on the statement "Don't use animation unless there is a specific reason why it would aid in getting the message across..." is added, I would be happy that it is the most complete way in which this topic is addressed in one single source.
Chapter 6 specifically deals with "new" presentation technology. It mentions several issues that pertain specifically to computer-based presentations. This is the one chapter were the book could probably be bettered, especially for people wanting to read specifically about these kinds of presentations. To get value from this chapter one probably needs to read the previous chapters as well. As such the book loses a bit of its potential as "reference" material. It is, however, still very much worthwhile if you read the book as a unit.
The rest of the book deals with a variety of issues deals with aspects such as different kinds of room layouts, different kinds of presentations etc. It fails, however, to make a link between how these would change the presentation. If the latter part of the book receives attention and do a bit more than just mention these issues much value can be added. This part of the book is probably responsible for its 4-rating. If I were to evaluate Chapters 1 - 6 and 7 - 11 separately it would probably receive 5 and 3 stars respectively.
The appendices provide some evaluation forms for the different types of meetings, which could save you some experimentation.
In general the book is a good buy for people with no or little experience in making presentations - applying and thinking carefully about some of the suggestions may help you avoid mistakes by raising awareness. However, even experienced presenters could probably get value out of the book by measuring their existing way of doing against chapters 3 - 6.
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Write to the Point: Effective Communication in the Workplace
M. Goodman Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0139717625 |
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The Computer Professional's Guide to Effective Communications
Alan R. Simon , and Jordan S. Simon Manufacturer: Computing Mcgraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0070575975 |
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Creating Effective Manuals (Professional Development Series)
Manufacturer: Thomson South-Western ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0538212004 |
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Design issues for producing effective multimedia presentations.: An article from: Technical Communication
Lisa D. Mason Manufacturer: Society for Technical Communication ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00097TSMK Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Technical Communication, published by Society for Technical Communication on February 1, 1997. The length of the article is 3712 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Labor Economics
George J Borjas Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0072311983 |
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The second edition of this well-received text blends coverage of traditional topics with modern theory and developments into a superb text by one of our top Labor Economists. The author's current experience at the Kennedy School of Government allows him to incorporate new policy examples and a leaner presentation of the theory.Customer Reviews:
Without question the BEST Labor Economics text ever!.......2002-12-19
All about Labor Economics.......2001-07-30
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Employment, Labor Unions and Wages (Collected Essays of Orley Ashenfelter, Vol 1)
Orley C. Ashenfelter Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 185898128X |
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Employment And Wages in the Canadian Furniture Industry
Stefan Wille Manufacturer: Aktrin Furniture Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Plastic Comb ASIN: 1894960424 |
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Employment-Driven Industrial Relations Regimes: The Singapore Experience
Soon Beng Chew , and Rosalind Chew Manufacturer: Avebury ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1859721036 |
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The European Labour Market: Regional Dimensions (AIEL Series in Labour Economics)
Manufacturer: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3790816795 |
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This book brings together up-to-date findings on the regional dimensions of European labour markets. It provides a conceptual and empirical study of the interactions between the European economy and its regions, paying particular attention to the issue of the transition of Central and Eastern European countries to a market economy. The topics analysed include: the structure of the shocks affecting employment (regional, industrial, national), the relationships between labour market efficiency and the regional distribution of unemployment, wage flexibility in EU member countries or in their regions and the role of active labour market policies in affecting the regional distribution of employment and unemployment.
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Gender, Work and Wages in the Soviet Union: A Legacy of Discrimination
Katarina Katz Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0333734149 |
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The plight of women in post-reform Russia has its roots in the combination of the new market system and the old legacy of discrimination. The Soviet Union was the first country to give women equal rights and equal pay, but this was not carried through in practice. This is the first study to apply modern econometrics to survey-data collected in the USSR. Analysis of data from Russia shows how legislative equality hid actual discrimination. Katz also challenges the conventional wisdom that, for ideological reasons, Soviet manual workers were favored over the highly educated. Gender, Work and Wages in the Soviet Union includes a critical survey of economic theories of gender and wages and the Soviet wage system. The final chapter brings the debate up to date by examining how old and new mechanisms of gender inequality interact in post-Soviet Russia.
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Labor Markets Under Trade Unionism: Employment, Wages, and Hours
John Pencavel Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557864675 |
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Negotiating Flexibility: The Role of the Social Partners and the State
Manufacturer: International Labour Office ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9221108651 |
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This timely volume discusses the extent to which the labor market is becoming more flexible in response to competitive pressures and examines the pivotal roles of collective bargaining in introducing this flexibility.Providing detailed information from 22 country studies, the book covers industrialized and developing nations across Western Europe, North and South America, and Asia. It analyzes the extent of flexibility introduced in these labor markets, as well as the changing role of the state in industrial relations, and the positions of employers and trade unions on labor market flexibility. This comprehensive study reviews the move toward flexibility in four principal areas: contracts of employment, pay, working time, and work organization.
While closely examining the means of achieving greater labor market flexibility, this highly topical book addresses the various ways in which flexibility has been introduced, including through legislative action, collective bargaining, individual contracts of employment, and unilateral employer decisions. The findings in this book reveal that collective bargaining is the most effective means of introducing flexibility, as it engages both employers and workers in the process of change.
In addition, the volume examines the outcomes of negotiations on flexibility at the central, sectoral, and enterprise levels, paying special attention to the trade-offs that arise, particularly in the areas of job security, working time, and workers' lifestyles.
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Trade Unions, Employment, and Unemployment Duration (Fief Studies in Labor Markets and Economic Policy)
Bertil Holmlund , Karl-Gustaf Lofgren , and Lars Engstrom Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0198286708 |
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This first volume in a new series published in association with the Swedish Trade Union Institute for Economic Research explores the relationship between wage levels and levels of employment in unionized economies, and looks at the duration of unemployment as a vital factor in the secular rise
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Wage and employment negotiations between a union and a firm in a dynamic context.: An article from: Southern Economic Journal
Sudeshna C. Bandyopadhyay Manufacturer: Southern Economic Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00093QTTY Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Southern Economic Journal, published by Southern Economic Association on October 1, 1995. The length of the article is 5009 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Books:
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