Recommended Texts

Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.

Business Communication Today,
10th Ed.

Excellence in Business Communication,
9th Ed.

Business Communication Essentials,
4th Ed. Take a Tour

How These Texts Compare
Is Your Business Communication
Textbook Preparing
Students for the Future
or the Past?
Do You Know the
Fallacies about Teaching
Electronic Media?
Does Your Textbook
Cover Business
Communication 2.0?
Video:
A Fundamental Shift in the
Way We Communicate.
(See the New Media
Covered Only by
Bovee and Thill. Are You
Using the Right Text?)
A Letter to Instructors
Video:
Alert! A Paradigm Shift Is
Impacting Business
Communication Courses
Major Study: Thousands of Companies Using Social Media. Will Your Students Be Prepared to Use Social Media on the Job?
Study: 91% Using Social Media.in the Inc. 500-- America's Fastest Growing Private Companies. (Social Media Should Be Part of Your Course. Only Bovee & Thill's Texts Offer Social Media Coverage.)
Teach Your Students How to Use Social Media on the Job. (See sample pages here of Bovee & Thill's coverage you won't find in any competing texts.)
Business Communication Is Changing Due to Social Media (Are Your Students Learning about These Changes from Your Current Text?)
Hundreds of Social Media Examples
Canadian Editions
Teach Introduction to Business?

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Intercultural/Diversity

Successful Communication in a Multicultural Workplace

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Effective communication is difficult under the best of conditions. Cross-cultural factors clearly create the potential for increased communication problems. American organizations have generally believed that more information is better, but are learning that is not the case.
As more information is needed for employees and as multiple cultures now inhabit the [...]

Intercultural Communication: On Cultural Time in U.S. versus Mexico

Friday, February 26th, 2010

American culture teaches its members to “save time”  In Mexico, one “spends” time.
When Americans and Mexicans communicate, they often seem to enter a time warp where words confuse and behavior confounds. There is a reason for this. Every culture strictly mandates the behavior of each and every one of its members. And since the different [...]

How Culture Affects Communication

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

When we visit another country where a different language is spoken, it is obvious that it is necessary for someone to speak the other’s language in order to surmount this barrier and verbally communicate.
What is not so obvious, however, is that cultural barriers are greater than language barriers and they frequently provoke reactions that [...]

How to Communicate in a Culturally Diverse Environment

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Steven Gaffney, president of the Steven Gaffney Company, is a leading expert on honest, interpersonal communication, influence and leadership . Thousands of people credit, Steven’s speeches, seminars, TV, and radio appearances as well as his books and products with making immediate and lasting change in both their organizations as well as their personal lives.
Serving [...]

Guidelines for Bias-Free Communication

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

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Golden Rule: Identify a person the way she or he asks to be identified, regardless of forthcoming litany.
Here are guidelines for bias-free communication.