The business communication profession : essays on the journeys of leading teacher-scholars / edited by Janis Forman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forman, Janis, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business communication--Study and teaching.

Business communication.

Career development--Study and teaching.

Career development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

"This book provides a unique orientation to the present, past, and future of the field of business communication by collecting reflective essays from some of its most influential scholars, teachers, and leaders . Through a series of essays that bridge personal narrative and critical analysis, this book mentors a new generation of students, teachers, and professionals as they encounter the challenges and opportunities of business communication and shape the future of the field. The authors--all influential figures and award winners--describe their personal histories with the field and discuss how major aspects have evolved over time. The essays examine the pathways through which scholars encounter the discipline, the professional challenges they face, the evolving content of the business communication curriculum, the development of business communication programs and institutions, the value of an entrepreneurial mindset for career development, and the relationships between research, teaching, and professional practice. They offer stories about a diversity of paths for achieving personal and professional success and invite readers to think about what lessons they can apply to their own career advancement and satisfaction. In total, this collection provides both a living history of the field and a series of real-world examples of business communication at its finest. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of business communication, and can be used as a supplemental text for courses in business communication, professional communication, and communication career preparation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Endorsement

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Contributors

1 Introduction

Why the Essay

Why the Journey

Questions for the Rising Generation of Teacher-Scholars in Business Communication and in Other Academic Disciplines

Lessons Learned From the Essays

Collaborative Work

An "Unending Conversation"

References

2 Take Two Xanax and Call Me in the Morning

Or, Career Tension in Business Communication

First Conference and First Academic Job

Assistant Professor

Associate Professor With Tenure

Full Professor-A New Set of Tensions

A 17-Year Administrative Aside-1988-2005

The Final Chapters: 2005-

Wrap Up

3 Cultivating a Liberal Arts Perspective On Workplace Communication

The Journey

A Writing-Centered Career

Material Culture and Rhetoric

The Journal

Business Communication at the University of Delaware

Material Culture Studies: A New Position

Rhetoric and Material Culture Studies: Research On the Workplace

From Context to Community: Revisiting a Textbook After 20 Years

This Is Not a Box

Learn With Your Students

Learn With Your Colleagues

Work Smart

Integrate Your Teaching and Research

Write, Read, and Support the Writing of Colleagues

Take a Broad Perspective

4 "Only Connect" Between Personal Life and Professional Choice, Scholarship and Teaching, My Generation and the Next

Connections Between the Personal and the Professional

Links Between a Business School's Mission and the Discipline of Business Communication

An Entrepreneurial Frame of Mind and Moment

Translation as Cross-Cultural Communication and Political Act

Connections Between My Students and My Work as a Teacher-Scholar: Observe, Listen, Respond, and be Entrepreneurial.

Observe the Millennials as a Way to Figure Out How to Teach Them

Listen to Students' Account of Their Progress and Goals for the Session and Adjust Accordingly

Listen and Respond as an Expert

Listen First for Students' Draft Story of Next-Stage Development for an Organization-and Then Respond

Establish a "Clearing" for Listening and Responding to Emerging Stories

Apply My Work in Translation Theory and Practice to Teaching

Apply Genre Theory

View Persuasion as Performance

Be Entrepreneurial

From E.M. Forster's Howard's End to T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets: From My Generation to the Next

5 Collaborative Networking for Better Teaching and Research

Beginnings

Post-MBA Career

Early Academic Career

Mid Academic Career

The Future and Concluding Advice

6 To Summon the Future: Defining the Field and Deciding What to Teach

"That's Not Business Communication"

Defining Business Communication

Teaching Business Communication

Do Overs?

Research

Administration

Teaching

Look to the Future

In Conclusion

7 The Visual Expeditions and Related Adventures of a Teacher, Scholar, and Administrator

Uncertain Beginnings: Transitioning From Student to Professor

The Emergence of "Professional Communication": Developing a Doctoral Program

Visual Communication: Blending Past and Present in New Scholarly Directions

Journal of Business and Technical Communication: Mentoring Other Scholars

Administration: Practicing Business Communication in the Academic Workplace

Takeaways for New(er) Teacher-Scholars: Connecting Past and Future

8 Persisting in the Field of Business Communication: "There's Really Something to It"

Texts-in-Use-What Do Business Communication Academics Do?.

Interest-What Pursuits Does a Business Communication Career Require?

Pursuing Personal Interests

Pursuing Public Interest

Belonging-Where Do Business Communication Academics Fit?

"Something to It" Going Forward

In Closing

9 Selling My Soul: Moving From the Humanities to Business Communication

Understanding the Conflict Between Business and the Humanities

Historical Origins of the Conflict

Cognitive and Perceptual Origins of the Conflict

Criticisms of Business and Business Schools

Negative Perceptions of Business

Negative Perceptions of Business Schools

Reconciling the Conflict Between Business and the Humanities

Teaching Students to Take a Critical View of Business

Enron

Walmart

Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers

For-profit Colleges

Starbucks

Applying Literary Theory to Business Discourse

What the Future Holds for Business Communication

10 My Experiential Learning Journey as a Management Communication Teacher-Scholar

A Constant Imperative: An Experiential Learning Style

Entrée Into the Field of Business and Management Communication

Crafting a Philosophy for Teaching, Research, and Consulting

Teaching Philosophy

Research Philosophy

Consulting Philosophy

Influences That Shaped My Teaching, Research, and Consulting Philosophies

Institutional Influence

Mentors, Muses, and Collaborators

Closing

11 Developing From a Teacher to a Scholar Across Cultures: The Moves From the East to the West and Back Again

Stage 1: Formative/Preparation Stage (1971-1992)

What Path to Choose: An Unknown Future and the Need to Change My Career Goals

Stage 2: From Teacher Only to Teacher-Scholar (1993-2020)

The Initial Period (1993-1998)

The Intermediate Period (1999-2013).

Insulating Myself and Taking On a College-Based Administrative Role (2006-2012)

The Final Period at CityU (2013-2020)

Professional Growth in the Field of Business Communication

Professional Recognition Beyond the Department and the University

ABC Support Network

Stage 3: Maturity Stage (2020 Onwards)

Concluding Remarks and Suggestions for Young Scholars

Perseverance, Determination, and Focus

Flexibility

Networking

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Forman, Janis The Business Communication Profession

ISBN:

9781003274421

1003274420

9781000683998

1000683990

9781000684018

1000684016

OCLC:

1319083717