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Strategic Business Communication: A competency-based approach to writing, speaking, and research.

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Author(s): Rose Helens-Hart

Editor(s): Rose Helens-Hart

Subject(s): Business communication, etiquette and presentation, Writing and editing guides, Interpersonal communication and skills

Institution(s): Kwantlen Polytechnic University, University of Louisville

Last updated: 17/04/2025

This text is for the Honors section of BCOM301 at Fort Hays State University. Business Communication: A Competency-Based Approach to Writing, Speaking, and Research is a practical, engaging book designed to help undergraduate students and business professionals develop competence and build confidence in their business writing, research, and presentation skills. Readers will learn about the five core competencies of business communication: professional, clear, concise, evidence-driven, and persuasive. They also will learn strategies for applying each of these competencies across a range of real-world business documents. This text is a remixing of the following four OER textbooks and original content authored by Rose Helens-Hart: Lucas, K.; Rawlins,J. D., & Haugen, J. (2023). Business communication: Five core competencies. https://saalck.pressbooks.pub/bcomm/Cruthers, A. (2020). Business writing for everyone. https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/businesswriting/[Author name removed by request] Business communication for success. https://open.lib.umn.edu/businesscommunication/Helens-Hart, R. & Dolechek, R. (2022). Introduction to professional development: A business communication approach. https://fhsu.pressbooks.pub/profdev/

Introduction to Professional Development

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Author(s): Rose Helens-Hart, Rachel Dolechek

Subject(s): Business communication, etiquette and presentation, Advice on careers and achieving success

Institution(s): Fort Hays State University

Last updated: 03/04/2025

BETA - An Overview of Instructional Technology

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Author(s): Susan Dumler

Subject(s): Educational: Technology

Last updated: 25/02/2025

A fifteen chapter book covering the basics of instructional technology; specifically designed for pre-service teachers.

Writing the literature review

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Author(s): Robert Lloyd, Daniel Mertens, Matthew Vollrath

Last updated: 03/02/2025

The purpose of this book is to help you write your next literature review. This is true whether you are crafting one for an undergraduate midterm paper, a doctoral dissertation, or working on your first manuscript for a peer review publication. For years, as professors we have read the best and worst of what students have written in our classes. We have witnessed in a handful of instances, undergraduate writers write more masterfully than doctoral students. We have witnessed doctoral students write first year papers which were ready for publication. And of course, the opposite is true. This begs, the question - what makes a student a good writing. Our hope is to answer that question in our textbook designed for you the student. Good writing comes down to practice, but having a guiding framework will be helpful as you begin your next paper. This book serves as a guide for how literature reviews are written in upper-level business courses, but the core advice and direction applies to most other disciplines.

Politics, Power, and Purpose: An Orientation to Political Science

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Author(s): Jay Steinmetz

Subject(s): Political science and theory, Society and Social Sciences

Publisher: Fort Hays State University

Last updated: 14/12/2024

Number Nudget: Developing Number Concepts

Author(s): Kimberly Chappell

Subject(s): Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy, Mathematical foundations

Last updated: 02/12/2024

This guidebook provides sequenced activities to develop a variety of numerical concepts and to connect those concepts to number symbols using the Number Nudget tool. The aim to stress not only procedural skill but also conceptual understanding. The standards in the early grades (K-3) focus on number concepts and developing number skills. The domains of Counting & Cardinality, Operations & Algebraic Thinking, as well as Number & Operations in Base Ten can all be developed using the Number Nudget.

THE HISTORY OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES: A PRIMER ON MODERN PRACTICE

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Author(s): Dr. Robert Lloyd, Dr. Wayne Aho

Subject(s): Personnel and human resources management

Last updated: 29/11/2024

The Four Functions of Management

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Author(s): Dr. Robert Lloyd, Dr. Wayne Aho

Subject(s): Business and Management

Publisher: Digital Pressbooks

Last updated: 23/10/2024

The purpose of this book is to give the reader a foundational understanding of the four functions of management - planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Additionally, the reader is equipped with the historical progression of management, ethical decision making, as well as an introduction to business strategy.

Pressbooks User Guide

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Author(s): Pressbooks

Publisher: Pressbooks

Last updated: 18/10/2024

The Pressbooks User Guide is your handbook for using Pressbooks effectively to produce books. This Guide covers the basics of Pressbooks, including how to quickly get a book into Pressbooks and out the other end as a beautifully designed webbook, ebook (EPUB), and print-ready PDF.

Budget Basics for Grant Writing

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Author(s): Leslie Paige, Misty Koonse

Last updated: 15/10/2024

This handbook is presented to you by the Office of Scholarship and Sponsored Projects in FHSU. It covers the topics on developing a budget for grant proposal writing, the types of costs, budget justification, and FHSU procedures for proposal submittal.