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Author Louis de Saussure , Andrea Rocci
Common sense tells us that verbal communication should be a central concern both for the study of communication and for the study of language. Language is the most pervasive means of communication in human societies, especially if we consider the huge gamut of comm....
Release Date 2016/03 -
The Variability of Current World Englishes
Author Charles F. Meyer , Eugene Green
Faces of English explores the phenomenon of increasing dialects, varieties, and creoles, even as the spread of globalization supports an apparently growing uniformity among nations. The book's chapters supply descriptions of Jamaican English in Toronto, English as....
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Author Brian H. Spitzberg , Annegret F. Hannawa
Almost everything that matters to humans is derived from and through communication. Just because people communicate every day, however, does not mean that they are communicating competently. In fact, evidence indicates that there is a substantial need for better in....
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Author Carlos Ruta , Gert Melville
Life Configurations focuses on the analysis and reflection on the various forms in which human beings imagine, design, conjecture, and plan their “becoming”, that is to say their lives. Case studies written by an interdisciplinary circle of well-known academics exp....
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Author Sharon Atkin , Patricia Noller
Many parents fear the time when their beautiful happy children will become unmanageable adolescents continually engaging in risky or destructive behaviour. Unfortunately, this view of adolescents is the focus of the media, even though it relates to just a small pro....
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Author George E. Yoos
Simplifying complexity explores how to eliminate ignorance, which in the view of the author, is the purpose of the sciences and technologies and their consequent developments. More specifically, the book deals with the plurality of the sciences and technologies. It....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Author Kwang-Yul Kim , Gerald R. North
Written by renowned experts in the field, this first book to focus exclusively on energy balance climate models provides a concise overview of the topic. It covers all major aspects, from the simplest zero-dimensional models, proceeding to horizontally ....
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Author Luis J. Echarte Fernández
Since I was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, I have spent a lot of time working on writing this book, a personal account of my life and the lessons I have learned along the way. After plenty of crying, laughing and feeling melancholic, I have come to the realization t....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Author Siddharth Mallavarapu
Banning the Bomb: The Politics of Norm Creation participates in the ongoing debate on international norm creation between Realists and Constructivists in international relations scholarship. The author argues from a Constructivist provenance that it is critical to e....
Release Date 2007/05 -
Author R.V. . Ayyar
Public Policymaking in India integrates various elements of the policymaking process that have, till date, been dealt with separately. These include interest group politics, the role of the media, judicial policymaking, and policy entrepreneurship by civil society g....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Business Communication, 2nd Edition
Author Mukesh Chaturvedi , P. D. Chaturvedi
The second edition of
Release Date 2011/03 -
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Author D. P. Chattopadhyaya
The mysteries of love, life and death have always fascinated the human mind. Religious and secular thinkers throughout history have grappled with the shifting notions about these human experiences. But since our modes of enquiry, the language we employ and our co....
Release Date 2010/01 -
A Manual for English Language Laboratories
Author D. Sudha Rani
A Manual for English Language Laboratories offers a rigorous training in phonetics and role play and eventually builds on these two elements and discusses scenarios ranging from informal speech, such as giving directions and describing people or things, to more form....
Release Date 2009/09 -
The ACE of Soft Skills: Attitude, Communication and Etiquette for Success
Author Mahadevan Ramesh , Gopalaswamy Ramesh
The ACE of Soft Skills: Attitude, Communication and Etiquette for Success is a part of this educational process that produces top-notch professionals. Divided into three parts, Attitude, Communication and Etiquette, This book provides a broad-based coverage of what ....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Communication Skills for Engineers, Second Edition
Author Sunita Mishra , Muralikrishna M.
The new second edition of Communication Skills for Engineers brings in a sound understanding and insight into the dynamics of communication in all spheres of life – interpersonal, social and professional. The book hinges on the premise that effective communication i....
Release Date 2011/02 -
Advanced Communication Skills Laboratory Manual
Author D. Sudha Rani
Advanced Communication Skills Laboratory Manual is the sequel to the acclaimed A Manual for English Language Laboratories, and addresses the specific needs of students and teachers in technical and other professional courses. It focuses on reading and writing skills....
Release Date 2010/09 -
An Introduction to Critical Thinking
Author Madhucchanda Sen
An Introduction to Critical Thinking, useful for undergraduate students, discusses critical thinking, relation between critical thinking and logic, evaluation of information and arguments, examines inferences and fallacies, and provides strategies to develop skills ....
Release Date 2010/07 -
Business Communication for Managers
Author Payal Mehra
Business Communication for Managers is a student-friendly, practical and example-driven book that gives students a thorough knowledge of business communication, covering all the major communication topics included in MBA syllabi across the country.
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Business Communication and Soft Skills Laboratory Manual
Author D. Sudha Rani
Business Communication and Soft Skills Laboratory Manual provides hands-on experience of business and professional situations. It imparts the required communication and soft skills through group activities and peer group assessment essential for effective communicat....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Author Nitin Bhatnagar
English for Nurses addresses the need for nurses to communicate effectively in English. Combining the essentials of communication with language learning, it provides all the necessary skills for professionals in healthcare. English for Nurses puts equal emphasis on ....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Communicative English for Engineers and Professionals
Author Mamta Bhatnagar , Nitin Bhatnagar
Communicative English for Engineers and Professionals covers the syllabi of B. Tech, BE, B.Com, M.Com, BBA, MBA, hospitality, B. Pharma, nursing, physiotherapy, and other courses being taught at various universities, and professional and technical institutions. It i....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Author Bernardo Quinn
This book is a call to action. If you need to know what it takes to break through to a new layer of oxygen in an organization that has been flying high in the past, you will find this both an inspiring and practical approach. Nothing will swoop down to remove your ....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Author Fiona Talbot
Outstanding Business English gives guidance to non-native English speakers on how to communicate clearly and concisely. With case studies and real-life examples that demonstrate how English is used internationally in business, and full of ideas to help you to get y....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Author Juan Gasca , Rafael Zaragozá
Understanding the goals of the world of business and dealing with the development of new solutions calls for a basic ingredient: creativity. And yet, just being, or wanting to be creative is not enough – it is essential to train and develop this ability in or....
Release Date 2017/01 -
The Legacy of Arthur Andersen: A Model for Excellence
Author Francisco López , Carmelo Canales
Most people recognize that Arthur Andersen was a great Firm. For the authors, it was perhaps the greatest. Its fulminating, unexpected and shameful collapse, with the Enron case and ensuing disappearance from the market, leaving a cloud of local professional firms, ....
Release Date 2011/07 -
The Perfect Pass: What the manager can learn from the football trainer
Author Ed Weenk
A trainer has to win matches and a manager has to reach results. This metaphor helps the author to explain how to get scores through the big picture of one's business. The objective of the book is to provide some simple and easy to understand reflections that anyon....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Brands That Dream: Only Companies That Dream Stand Out
Author Elisenda Serra Masip , Xavier Oliver Conti
Only brands that dream will stand, create a reputation and turn their customers into fans.Today, a company can only truly stand out if it has a dream – a shared dream with the capacity to touch us all. The potential of a dream has no limits, and any brand – as small....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Effective Communication and Soft Skills
Author Mamta Bhatnagar , Nitin Bhatnagar
Effective Communication and Soft Skills provides a clear understanding of the attributes of good communication vis-a-vis soft skills and hard skills. It offers practice and assessment modules to sharpen learning, while covering all the four tenets of language learni....
Release Date 2011/08