Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition
Chapter 3. Collaboration and Business Etiquette
The Emergent website at Columbia University tracks and evaluates rumors spreading online.
The Emergent website at Columbia University tracks and evaluates rumors spreading online.
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"Internal communication has a lot in common with healthy living.
"I am not a medical expert, but I know communication plays a major role in the overall well-being of both the team and the organization.
"Recently, a marketing firm called to solicit my business.
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"Everyone is enjoying the food and conversation when someone decides to take out his phone — not for an urgent call, but to check email, Instagram, and Facebook.
"The strength of cyberspace is in its numbers.
"Manners matter," begins Kathleen Elkins (photo, left) in a piece at BusinessInsider.
"To help employees understand how office etiquette varies, UK office-supplier Viking reached out to 18 of their international employees who have worked in countries that range from Germany to the US.
"As it turns out, some recent scientific research suggests that it is possible to draw inferences about someone's personality based on his relationship to his phone.
"Etiquette might seem old-fashioned, but it's also an essential business tool.
"Finally, after all that negativity, some positive advice.
"So here's what I want you to do: Challenge yourself to learn something new every day.
"You will, however, be judged by the quality of your writing.
"In meeting notes and minutes, you must state each action item, who is to complete it, and the deadline or due date.
"Executives tell me their teams make decisions all the time.