Business Librarian
Business Communication / Jan. 2024
Communication may be considered a soft skill, but in a recent survey completed by Intelligent.com, 70% of business leaders attribute Gen Z unpreparedness for the work force to lack of communication skills and work ethic (Forbes, 2023). For January 2024, here are 12 books from JMU’s print and electronic collections that examine Business Communication.
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Proposal Writing for Business Research Projects
This book helps students with the initial phases of their business research project, offering a clear step-by-step approach from defining aims and research questions through to conducting literature reviews and writing a methodology. Features to aid learning include chapter objectives, plenty real-life examples to demonstrate good practice, exercises to apply the concepts, and further reading for proactive investigation.
The Grant Writing Guide
A practical guide to effective grant writing for researchers at all stages of their academic careers. Grant funding can be a major determinant of promotion and tenure at colleges and universities, yet many scholars receive no training in the crucial skill of grant writing. The Grant Writing Guide is an essential handbook for writing research grants, providing actionable strategies for professionals in every phase of their careers, from PhD students to seasoned researchers.
Writing the Research Paper
Covering both theoretical and practical approaches, Writing the Research Paper guides students studying in English as a second or additional language through the skills necessary for success in university-level writing and research.
Handbook on Digital Corporate Communication
This comprehensive Handbook offers an extensive overview of current knowledge of corporate communication from a digital perspective. It provides a state-of-the-art view of the ubiquitous impact, both positive and negative, of digital technologies and digitalisation processes on corporate communication.
The Happy Inbox
Get ready to learn how to conquer the distractions caused by information and communication overload, and how to get out from under "communication clutter," so you can live a life of choice-one of action, not reaction. Feeling buried by communication clutter is that it's that state of feeling like you are always owing return communication to someone...
Grant Writing for Dummies
Use this resource, including new and updated material, to move through the entire grant-writing process and apply for some of the billions of dollars available from public and private sector sources.