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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Gayathridevi, K. Sri; Deepa, R. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2015
This study aims to show the effectiveness of a business communication course offered in a business school in India. All students who enrolled for the Master of Business Administration program in the school were considered for the study. The study adapted a pretest and posttest approach to find the effectiveness of the course. It also describes the…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Course Descriptions
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Grant, Anett D.; Taylor, Amanda – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2015
This article investigates whether CEOs actually demonstrate the communication strengths and weaknesses they think they have. Videotaped interviews with CEOs in the initial stage of executive coaching were analyzed to identify categories of communication strength and weakness: delivery, content, audience, and character. Next, the interviews and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business Communication, Communication Skills, Video Technology
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Washington, Melvin C.; Okoro, Ephraim A.; Cardon, Peter W. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2014
We report our survey research about what American business professionals consider appropriate or civil mobile phone behavior during formal and informal meetings. The findings come from two of our recent research studies: an open-ended survey of 204 employees at a beverage distributor on the East Coast and a nationwide, random-sample survey of 350…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Meetings, Surveys
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Kliegl, Julie A.; Weaver, Kari D. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2014
Business educators recognize the importance of developing teamwork as an employability skill. However, current methods used to teach teamwork have been met with mixed results from both students and educators. This article integrates research on the importance of teamwork, team development processes, and coteaching through examining a case study…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Business Administration Education, Teamwork
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Bremner, Stephen; Peirson-Smith, Anne; Jones, Rodney; Bhatia, Vijay – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2014
This article investigates student behaviour on collaborative assignments, looking at the relationship between task type and interaction, and considers the implications for task design. Students reported on interactions in a year-long workplace-focussed group communication project, comparing these with interactions on other academy-based group…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Student Behavior, Interaction, Group Activities
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Palmer-Silveira, Juan C.; Ruiz-Garrido, Miguel F. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2014
Crisis has affected businesses worldwide. Many international corporations must cope with this turmoil, which affects their economic liability. Firms express their actual financial situation in the annual reports they issue every year. The annual report is a document that combines both promotional and informative features. Our study tries to find…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Annual Reports, Crisis Management, Organizational Communication