For undergraduate and MBA courses in Management Communication, Writing, and Oral Presentations. Also a useful reference for Executive Seminars/Workshops. A brief, professional, reader-friendly guide to improving managerial communication. Guide to Managerial Communication is a clear, concise, practical text for cultivating effective written and oral communication in a managerial, business, government, or professional context. The ninth edition has been updated based on user feedback while still maintaining the brevity, easy-to-follow organization, and professional orientation of previous editions. Keeping it short, professional, and readable: * Short: The authors have summarized key ideas from thousands of pages of text and research. Bulky examples, cases, footnotes, and exercises have been omitted for brevity's sake. * Professional: This text only includes the information professionals will find useful because unlike other textbooks, it has been designed specifically for business students. * Readable: The format of this text, along with its clear writing style, makes it easy to read and skim. Overall, the tone is direct, matter-of-fact, and nontheoretical.