Training & Talent Development: Intersecting Communication, Human Performance Improvement, and Organizational Effectiveness

Author(s): Jason S Wrench, Maryalice Citera, Danette Johnson

New Second Edition Now Available!Training and Talent Development: Intersecting Communication, Human Performance Improvement, and Organizational Effectiveness explores two basic factors related to the T&D world: training and performance improvement.Training and Talent Development is informative, scho...

The Administration & Supervision of Special Programs in Education

Author(s): Anita Pankake, Jesus Abrego Jr., Michelle Abrego

The Fifth Edition of The Administration & Supervision of Special Programs in Education (2022) is designed to provide both practicing and aspiring school leaders an overview of many of the programs and services operating in most schools today. The book is organized so that readers can immediately app...

Cracking the Code: Successful Strategies for Business Writing

Author(s): Cherilyn Boyer, Cheryl Brodersen, Mikel Chertudi, Caitlin Hills, Michael Mandel, Kimberly Marchesseault, Marisa Michaels, Diza Sauers

For early-career professionals, your first contact with prospective employers or customers is usually through your writing.  Email introductions, cover letters, and everyday correspondence play a large and important role in your professional success.  Cracking the Code: Successful Strategies for Bus...

Teaching Texas: A Complete and Practical Approach to Understanding and Applying the Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (PPR) TExES

Author(s): Teri Bingham

Teaching Texas: A Complete and Practical Approach to Understanding and Applying the Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (PPR) TExES is a hands-on guide for preservice teachers to prepare for the TExES examination. The publication integrates real-life scenario-based questions, tips, theory, an...

Appearance Discrimination in 21st Century Global Workplaces: Lookism as an Overlooked Aspect of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Author(s): Cynthia H. Sims

Lookism is a broad term used to describe physical appearance discrimination.  It is synonymous with beautyism and encompasses colorism, weightism, heightism, ageism, and ableism, each granting power and privilege to those who are considered physically appealing and assumed to be more intelligent, ca...

Communication and Conflict Resolution Skills

Author(s): Neil H Katz, John W Lawyer, KATHERINE SOSA, Marcia Sweedler, PETER TOKAR

  In a new and significantly expanded third edition, Communication & Conflict Resolution Skills provides practical applications for enhancing communication and personal or professional leadership effectiveness. Engaging, user-friendly material will assist in building skills, improving relationshi...

Intercultural Communication: Building Relationships and Skills

Author(s): Helen Acosta, Bryan Hirayama, Mark Staller

Intercultural Communication: Building Relationships and Skills provides clear explanations of relevant communication theories and practical advice for improving communication skills. This text is designed to introduce students to the most important concepts, theories, and strategies related to inter...

Let's Get Personal! Creating Successful Relationships Through Effective Interpersonal Communication

Author(s): Dee Osorio, Michael Schulmeister, A Todd Jones

Let’s Get Personal! offers practical advice to initiate, maintain, and enhance the interpersonal relationships in both your private and professional life. The textbook writers model appropriate self-disclosure to teach readers how to create intimate communication that can lead to satisfying, meaning...

Humanities: Journeys from the Paleolithic to Postmodernism: Early Humanities to 1600

Author(s): Ralph Monday

This book informs the student or any reader about the importance of the humanities. The book uses comprehensive terminology, but every term is specifically defined, and as long as the individual is willing to learn, the definition of terms will prove helpful in a variety of courses even if the indiv...

CommunicationShark: A Human Communication Guide

Author(s): Penny Waddell

New Third Edition Now Available! There’s a lot of fish in the sea, but it is the shark that sets his eye on a target and goes for the goal! The NEW Third Edition of Communication Shark: A Human Communication Guide takes an in-depth look at the way we communicate with others and helps readers n...