Asking questions about your data is a constant application of all business organizations. To facilitate decision making and improve business performance, a business intelligence application must be an integral part of everyday management practices. Microsoft Excel added PowerPivot and PowerPivot officially to facilitate this process with minimum…

This article, the second of a two-part series, presents 12 assignments designed to help students increase their online communication skills, conduct professional conferences, use advanced presentation software, develop problem-solving and critical thinking, gain greater awareness of gender effects in communication, and perform community service.…

The technology revolution not only brings new channels of global communication, but also brings unprecedented changes that can impact America's workforce. This paper highlights the impact of technology and knowledge-based economies to career development and the new concept and strategies that need to be developed. The technology revolution brings…

Argues for acceptance of multiple forms of PR evaluation. Suggests including such unquantifiables as creativity and attitude in measurements to form a valid basis for action. Discusses six levels of measureability. (MS)

Noting that one of the biggest factors in motivating students in technical writing classes is to convince them that they will need to write in their future jobs, this paper offers evidence for use by teachers in persuading students of the importance of developing their writing skills. The first part of the paper presents refutations of some of the…

A study sought to determine the change in speed and accuracy after 5 hours of practice on a standardized test for 10-key numeric entry at the community college level. Specifically it sought to determine how much speed and accuracy will increase or decrease after 5 hours of practice on a 10-key numeric entry test as compared to top-row numeric…

Although self-employment is a growing career option in Canada, many career practitioners find it personally difficult to make the leap from being an employee to starting a business. E-mail surveys completed by 13 self-employed career practitioners and counselors revealed six key factors that contributed to their business success: vision and…

Lists the assumptions shared by members of the business world and by scholars in the humanities, describes the business climate of the 1980s, and discusses the skills needed by humanities graduates to compete for jobs in business. (AEA)

A survey of junior colleges and high schools in the Midwest indicates a trend toward greater usage of machine shorthand. Junior colleges are the strongest proponents of the touch shorthand system, but an increasing number of high schools are also adding touch shorthand to their curriculums. Junior colleges emphasize court reporting as well as…

Many large Japanese-owned multinational corporations have established successful subsidiaries in the United States, but distinct ethnic and cultural differences have caused communication problems between Japanese managers and American laborers and business people. Many top executives of the Japanese subsidiaries are sent to the United States on a…

Just as pedagogy is the art and science of teaching children, andragogy is the art and science of leading adult learning. The pedagogical Program of Efficient Teaching (PET) process can be adapted to the predominately andragogical process of business consulting. Work at Honeywell, Incorporated in intercultural communication revealed how the five…

Communication apprehension among Hawaiians is the subject of three related papers in this document. Each of the papers defines communication apprehension and discusses the implications of such anxiety on a person's functioning in society. The first paper describes a study in which 16% of a sample of University of Hawaii students, also employed,…

A certain amount of paper work is necessary in school systems, but it must be handled in a rational, planned, and controlled manner. Most problems begin and end with the lack of training for paper work and management systems. To avoid this problem, an operating procedures manual was developed for the Special Education Instructional Materials…

As one views the interface of American and other cultures in international business, the first and most vivid impression is a lack of awareness of cultural differences. Persons are assigned to foreign duty with little if any briefing about the culture they will enter. Two approaches to improving the handling of international business are…

A survey of business people was conducted to assess the importance of listening and the deficiency in that skill and to identify existing listening training programs for future study. The questionnaire was developed to assess the importance and status of listening by placing it randomly among several other communication competencies. Subjects were…