Effective communication : the most important management skill of all / John Adair.

By: Adair, John Eric, 1934-Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pan, 2009Edition: Rev. edDescription: x, 223 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780330504263 (pbk.); 0330504266 (pbk.)Subject(s): Communication in management | Communication in organizationsDDC classification: 658.45 LOC classification: HD30.3 | .A33 2009
Contents:
Understanding Communication -- nature of communication -- communication Star -- Case study: the fatal order -- Communication Skills -- Effective speaking -- art of listening -- Clear writing -- Reading to some purpose -- Communication at Work -- Practical presentation skills -- Successful interviews -- Leading effective meetings -- Communicating in organizations -- Conclusion: Effective communication.
Review: "In Effective Communication John Adair will tell you everything you need to know to enable you to use words to their maximum effectiveness in order to persuade and really be heard; train yourself to hear what other people are actually saying; construct your presentations and correspondence to get across what you want to say in the clearest manner; and improve your assimilation and understanding of the thousands of words you have to read every day."--BOOK JACKET.
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Previous ed.: London: Pan, 1997.

Includes index.

Pt. 1. Understanding Communication -- 1. nature of communication -- 2. communication Star -- 3. Case study: the fatal order -- Pt. 2. Communication Skills -- 4. Effective speaking -- 5. art of listening -- 6. Clear writing -- 7. Reading to some purpose -- Pt. 3. Communication at Work -- 8. Practical presentation skills -- 9. Successful interviews -- 10. Leading effective meetings -- 11. Communicating in organizations -- Conclusion: Effective communication.

"In Effective Communication John Adair will tell you everything you need to know to enable you to use words to their maximum effectiveness in order to persuade and really be heard; train yourself to hear what other people are actually saying; construct your presentations and correspondence to get across what you want to say in the clearest manner; and improve your assimilation and understanding of the thousands of words you have to read every day."--BOOK JACKET.

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