It's All of Our Business: Communicating Competently in the Workplace

It's All of Our Business: Communicating Competently in the Workplace is a concise, conversational text that balances practical skills with scholarly insight. Grounded in a communication competence perspective, this text provides students with the communication skills needed to have successful careers in the 21st century.\nWith its strong focus on power dynamics, important topics such as sexual harassment, gender bias, bullying and abuse at work are best analyzed for their causes and prevention. Its unique coverage addresses several topics often ignored or given only glancing coverage in competing texts, such as leadership, power, conflict management, teamwork and group dynamics. Engaging case studies, novel illustrations, personal narratives, vivid stories, and abundant humor create an engaging resource students will actually want to read. Abundant research will be cited in a free-flowing writing style.\nInstructors may find course preparation tools and more details on our robust digital offerings at www.oup.com/he/rothwell-waters.