Business in Action, 9th Ed.
Chapter 11: Human Resources Management
"Public speaking is hard enough without shooting yourself in the foot with simple mistakes.
Ben Schott (photo, left) presents his ten words.
Only one author team is writing about mobile business communication: Bovee and Thill.
"Some studies say you've only got 15 seconds to grab an audience's attention, while others say it's closer to a minute," writes Richard Feloni of BusinessInsider.
"Launching a product is hard to do," says Drake Baer of BusinessInsider.
"When [Gayle] Cotton (photo, left) began her career working at the United Nations in Geneva in the early-90s, she answered a routine phone call with a polite, 'Hello, how are you?
According to Richard Feloni, "Once you finish your written speech or PowerPoint slides, you're only halfway done preparing a great presentation.
According to Melia Robinson (photo, left), "It's the cheapest, most low-tech life hack you'll find.
"Here are 11 email etiquette rules you should always follow at work.
According to Richard Felloni of BusinessInsider.
"This article takes a look at the rise of visual content - and why 2014 will be the year of visuals.
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According to Drake Baer, "When now co-CEO Monty Moran was surveying Chipotle's 1,500 restaurants, he found a fascinating consistency: the best-performing ones all had a manager who had come up from the crew level.
Does a higher minimum wage result in lost jobs or job creation?
"Almost everyone is terrible at multitasking.
"Culled from Architizer's second annual A+ Awards, which are chosen by 300 experts and a popular vote, these are a handful of the most amazing office spaces in the world," writes Drake Baer in a piece at BusinessInsider.
"In her new book "The Essentials Of Business Etiquette," Barbara Pachter (photo, left) writes about the specific skills professionals need to understand when presenting themselves in a business setting," writes Vivian Giang.
"In a world rich with social platforms to express oneself, good listeners are a rare species," writes Shreya Roy in a piece for EconomicTimes.
"It's estimated that 2% of the world's population suffers from face blindness, or prosopagnosia, a neurological condition preventing people from recognizing faces.