Types Of Communication
18 September 2011
The 12 Types of Communications Training that Can Transform Your Career
Do you need communications training? Everyone needs to know how to communicate well. Whether you are an employee or an organization leader, there will inevitably come a time when you need some form of communications training. Even people who feel that they are already quite good at communication can benefit from additional training. If you feel that you need communication training, do not worry – there is hope for you yet.
Why is communications training important for organizations? It is because organizations are usually broken down into sub-groups which may experience difficulty communicating with one another since:
1) Each sub-group has its own sub-culture and way of communicating with its members.
2) The different sub-cultures and individual ways of communicating may clash when members who belong to one sub-group have to relate with members of another sub-group.
3) The leader of the organization may lack the knack for understanding how to get sub-groups to relate well with one another.
There are different areas in the life of an organization in which communications training could focus on:
1) Presentation Skills Training – everyone in an
organization will inevitably have to conduct a presentation at some point. Additional training will turn average speakers into better speakers.
2) Assertiveness Training – the right kind of assertiveness is required when you have to deal with difficult customers or contacts. Employees need to learn the right way to be assertive and unlearn bad assertiveness habits.
3) Business Networking Skills – If you are a point man for the organization, there will be occasions when you have to walk up to strangers who work in the same field and create long-term contacts. This is where training in Business Networking comes in, to improve your ability at forming business relationships with other people.
4) Business Relationship Management – if you already have business relationships with various contacts, you may need guidance in how to maintain your relationships with these people and organizations over time.
5) Change Management Training – all organizations face impending change nowadays so everyone in the organization would benefit from training in how to manage change at all levels of the organization.
6) Communication Skills Training – everyone will have to learn how to communicate the right message at the right time to the right audience. Even the most confident member of the organization should possess the right communication skills.
7) Conflict Management – accept it, conflict is an unavoidable part of life for all organizations. So people have to learn how to manage incidents of conflict so that they can arrive at mutually beneficial resolutions.
Corporate Events Communication – the way you communicate on a daily basis may be alright in the confines of the office but when you are attending a corporate event, there is a right and a wrong way of communicating with corporate event participants.
9) Customer Service Training – if you find that sales are down, you may have to submit your customer service crew to a seminar on proper customer service communication.
10) Facilitation Skills – believe it or not, many executives dread having to conduct a meeting. That’s because they may lack the proper facilitation skills to open, manage, and close a meeting. Such executives could benefit from training in facilitation skills.
11) Interview Skills Training – who has not had to go through a nerve-wracking interview? But it is okay to be a little bit nervous, so long as you keep your head during the interview and use the right interview skills.
12) Management Training – one trademark of a great manager is competent communication skills. If you lack this, your management capacity could be questioned.
These are just some of the fields under communications training. If you see a field or fields in which you could hone your skills, make an effort to get the right kind of communications training that you need.
About the Author
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A Guide to Cats: An Overview, Behavior, Communication, Body Types, Feral Cats, Etc. $15.69 Used – This book contains an overview of cats, their history, genetics, senses, health, behavior, cat breeds, body types, feral cats, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public |
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A Guide to Cats: An Overview, Behavior, Communication, Body Types, Feral Cats, Etc. $14.07 New – This book contains an overview of cats, their history, genetics, senses, health, behavior, cat breeds, body types, feral cats, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public |
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A Handbook for the Study of Human Communication: Methods and Instruments for Observing, Measuring, and Assessing Communication Process $136.51 This book describes the available options, and the rationale for selecting among them, for observing, measureing or assessing process of communication. This approach contrasts radically to the one taken in many preceding volumes which explain the applicability of general types of quantitative research, for example, content analysis, laboratory experiments, and statistical analysis, to the study of communication. This approach focuses on the methodological problems and solutions unique to the study of communication. It provides the readers with an outline of the problems and/or alternatives that face the researcher. |
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A Handbook for the Study of Human Communication: Methods and Instruments for Observing, Measuring, and Assessing Communication Process $11.86 Used – This book describes the available options, and the rationale for selecting among them, for observing, measureing or assessing process of communication. This approach contrasts radically to the one taken in many preceding volumes which explain the applicability of general types of quantitative research, for example, content analysis, laboratory experiments, and statistical analysis, to the study of communication. This approach focuses on the methodological problems and solutions unique to |
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A Handbook for the Study of Human Communication: Methods and Instruments for Observing, Measuring, and Assessing Communication Process $136.62 New – This book describes the available options, and the rationale for selecting among them, for observing, measureing or assessing process of communication. This approach contrasts radically to the one taken in many preceding volumes which explain the applicability of general types of quantitative research, for example, content analysis, laboratory experiments, and statistical analysis, to the study of communication. This approach focuses on the methodological problems and solutions unique to t |
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A Handbook for the Study of Human Communication: Methods and Instruments for Observing, Measuring, and Assessing Communication Process $90.13 New – This book describes the available options, and the rationale for selecting among them, for observing, measureing or assessing process of communication. This approach contrasts radically to the one taken in many preceding volumes which explain the applicability of general types of quantitative research, for example, content analysis, laboratory experiments, and statistical analysis, to the study of communication. This approach focuses on the methodological problems and solutions unique to t |
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A Handbook for the Study of Human Communication: Methods and Instruments for Observing, Measuring, and Assessing Communication Process $11.76 Used – This book describes the available options, and the rationale for selecting among them, for observing, measureing or assessing process of communication. This approach contrasts radically to the one taken in many preceding volumes which explain the applicability of general types of quantitative research, for example, content analysis, laboratory experiments, and statistical analysis, to the study of communication. This approach focuses on the methodological problems and solutions unique to |
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A Handbook of Writing for Engineers $31.17 New – This practical guide for engineers, whether students or senior managers, is an aid to developing a readable and lucid style in which to express technical knowledge. The text contains worked examples of different types of communication, advising on choice of words, the structuring and presentation of information and using material common to a range of technical disciplines. |
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A Handbook of Writing for Engineers $1.36 Used – This practical guide for engineers, whether students or senior managers, is an aid to developing a readable and lucid style in which to express technical knowledge. The text contains worked examples of different types of communication, advising on choice of words, the structuring and presentation of information and using material common to a range of technical disciplines. |
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A Handbook of Writing for Engineers $13.18 New – This practical guide for engineers, whether students or senior managers, is an aid to developing a readable and lucid style in which to express technical knowledge. The text contains worked examples of different types of communication, advising on choice of words, the structuring and presentation of information and using material common to a range of technical disciplines. |
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A Handbook of Writing for Engineers $12.16 Used – This practical guide for engineers, whether students or senior managers, is an aid to developing a readable and lucid style in which to express technical knowledge. The text contains worked examples of different types of communication, advising on choice of words, the structuring and presentation of information and using material common to a range of technical disciplines. |
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A Location Aware P2P Voice Communication Protocol for Networked Virtual Environments. $54.35 Used – Multiparty voice communication, where multiple people can communicate in a group, is an important component of networked virtual environments (NVEs), especially in many types of online games. While most research has been conducted on one-to-one communication, we focus on group communication. In this dissertation, we present the first measurement study on the characteristics of multiparty voice communications and develop a model of the talking and silence periods observed during multiparty |
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A Location Aware P2P Voice Communication Protocol for Networked Virtual Environments. $79.9 Used – Multiparty voice communication, where multiple people can communicate in a group, is an important component of networked virtual environments (NVEs), especially in many types of online games. While most research has been conducted on one-to-one communication, we focus on group communication. In this dissertation, we present the first measurement study on the characteristics of multiparty voice communications and develop a model of the talking and silence periods observed during multiparty |
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A Location Aware P2P Voice Communication Protocol for Networked Virtual Environments. $82.8 New – Multiparty voice communication, where multiple people can communicate in a group, is an important component of networked virtual environments (NVEs), especially in many types of online games. While most research has been conducted on one-to-one communication, we focus on group communication. In this dissertation, we present the first measurement study on the characteristics of multiparty voice communications and develop a model of the talking and silence periods observed during multiparty |
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A Location Aware P2P Voice Communication Protocol for Networked Virtual Environments. $58.04 New – Multiparty voice communication, where multiple people can communicate in a group, is an important component of networked virtual environments (NVEs), especially in many types of online games. While most research has been conducted on one-to-one communication, we focus on group communication. In this dissertation, we present the first measurement study on the characteristics of multiparty voice communications and develop a model of the talking and silence periods observed during multiparty |
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A Look Into Communication Including Communication Studies, Communication Disorders, and More $23.82 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book provides discussions on communication and communication studies. Topics included in this book are organizational communication, conversation, group dynamics, cross-cultural communication, nonviolent communication, and others. You will also find descriptions on communication disorders and nonhuman types of communication. Project Webster represents a new p |
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A Look Into Communication Including Communication Studies, Communication Disorders, and More $19.72 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book provides discussions on communication and communication studies. Topics included in this book are organizational communication, conversation, group dynamics, cross-cultural communication, nonviolent communication, and others. You will also find descriptions on communication disorders and nonhuman types of communication. Project Webster represents a new p |
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A Powerful Peace: The Integrative Thinking Classroom $188.82 With ever-increasing incidents of youth violence and disruptive behavior in schools across the nation, this is a critical question for every teacher today. According to studies, one of the best ways to encourage a supportive classroom environment is through effective conflict resolution and critical thinking instruction. To help teachers in grades 4-12 achieve this goal, this book provides research-backed strategies and thoroughly developed activities for effective conflict resolution and critical thinking instruction. In addition, it serves as a practical guide on how to initiate conflict resolution in schools and how to link these initiatives with the larger community. This resource can be used with existing content areas or curriculum types with minimal planning, additions, disruptions, or cost. Its curriculum overlay approach integrates conflict resolution and critical thinking into content area instruction through the communication process: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. With over 150 flexible, easy-to-perform activities _ including journal writing exercises, discussion, and self-rating exercises _ it is a valuable tool for enhancing students’ academic performance and social skills, and for creating the safe community that is essential for effective learning. For teachers of grades 4-12 across all content areas. |
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A Reference Guide to Advertising Including Types of Advertising, Criticisms, Regulation, Research, and Related Concepts Such as Visual Communication, Psychological Manipulation, Communication Design, and Graphic Design $16.99 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book is a brief overview of advertising. It discusses different types of advertising including television advertisement, music in advertising, radio advertisement, online advertising, product placement, and celebrity branding. The book also features criticisms, regulation, and research methods used in the said field. In addition, related concepts such as visu |
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A Reference Guide to Advertising Including Types of Advertising, Criticisms, Regulation, Research, and Related Concepts Such as Visual Communication, Psychological Manipulation, Communication Design, and Graphic Design $19.19 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book is a brief overview of advertising. It discusses different types of advertising including television advertisement, music in advertising, radio advertisement, online advertising, product placement, and celebrity branding. The book also features criticisms, regulation, and research methods used in the said field. In addition, related concepts such as visu |
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A Reference Guide to Advertising Including Types of Advertising, Criticisms, Regulation, Research, and Related Concepts Such as Visual Communication, Psychological Manipulation, Communication Design, and Graphic Design $20.75 Gabrielle Dantz,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Webster’s Digital Services |
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A Researcher’s Guide to Scientific and Medical Illustrations $41.59 New – This concise handbook, taking a very practical and straightforward approach, is aimed primarily at biological and medical researchers. Step by step, it guides its readers through the communication principles and all technical aspects of preparing clear and effective illustrations for scientific publications of various kinds. Among the topics covered are drawings and diagrams, photographs, charts and tables, molecular graphics, types of graphs, graph design, the journal figure, slides, post |
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A Researcher’s Guide to Scientific and Medical Illustrations $13.99 New – This concise handbook, taking a very practical and straightforward approach, is aimed primarily at biological and medical researchers. Step by step, it guides its readers through the communication principles and all technical aspects of preparing clear and effective illustrations for scientific publications of various kinds. Among the topics covered are drawings and diagrams, photographs, charts and tables, molecular graphics, types of graphs, graph design, the journal figure, slides, post |
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A Researcher’s Guide to Scientific and Medical Illustrations $59.5 New – This concise handbook, taking a very practical and straightforward approach, is aimed primarily at biological and medical researchers. Step by step, it guides its readers through the communication principles and all technical aspects of preparing clear and effective illustrations for scientific publications of various kinds. Among the topics covered are drawings and diagrams, photographs, charts and tables, molecular graphics, types of graphs, graph design, the journal figure, slides, post |
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A Student Grammar Of Modern Standard Arabic $109 This accessible grammar provides a concise and user-friendly guide to the structure of Modern Standard Arabic. Using familiar terminology and keeping theory to a minimum, it is suitable for beginning students as well as those at a more advanced level. Detailed descriptions of all types of sentence are given, and numerous tables provide a clear presentation of verbs and nouns. The most familiar grammatical terms are given in Arabic as well as in English in order to help the student identify them, and the index is also presented in both languages for fast and straightforward cross referencing. Each pattern or rule described is illustrated with authentic examples from a range of real-life contexts such as newspapers, magazines, business communication and the Internet, as well as from Arabic literary texts. Clearly organised and practical, this book will be an invaluable reference resource for all learners and teachers of Modern Standard Arabic. |
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Acting Characters $5.02 Used – This a simple, no-nonsense guide to researching, planning and performing more truthful and realistic characters on stage. It describes 16 easily followed steps designed to simplify Stanislavski’s teachings, with practical exercises to reinforce technique. The book considers key elements of communication and the characteristics of human behavior, and shows how you can harness these behavior types to sharpen skills and awareness through the use of body, voice and speech. A Character Profile |
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Acting Characters $17.01 Used – This a simple, no-nonsense guide to researching, planning and performing more truthful and realistic characters on stage. It describes 16 easily followed steps designed to simplify Stanislavski’s teachings, with practical exercises to reinforce technique. The book considers key elements of communication and the characteristics of human behavior, and shows how you can harness these behavior types to sharpen skills and awareness through the use of body, voice and speech. A Character Profile |
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Acting Characters $17.01 New – This a simple, no-nonsense guide to researching, planning and performing more truthful and realistic characters on stage. It describes 16 easily followed steps designed to simplify Stanislavski’s teachings, with practical exercises to reinforce technique. The book considers key elements of communication and the characteristics of human behavior, and shows how you can harness these behavior types to sharpen skills and awareness through the use of body, voice and speech. A Character Profile |
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Acting Characters $15.02 New – This a simple, no-nonsense guide to researching, planning and performing more truthful and realistic characters on stage. It describes 16 easily followed steps designed to simplify Stanislavski’s teachings, with practical exercises to reinforce technique. The book considers key elements of communication and the characteristics of human behavior, and shows how you can harness these behavior types to sharpen skills and awareness through the use of body, voice and speech. A Character Profile |
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Acting Characters: 16 Simple Steps From Rehearsal to Performance $19.95 This a simple, no-nonsense guide to researching, planning and performing more truthful and realistic characters on stage. It describes 16 easily followed steps designed to simplify Stanislavski’s teachings, with practical exercises to reinforce technique. The book considers key elements of communication and the characteristics of human behavior, and shows how you can harness these behavior types to sharpen skills and awareness through the use of body, voice and speech. A Character Profile Sheet helps you plan your character as you build up your research. Boxed sections introduce new theories and concepts at a clear, introductory level. |
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Acting for Real: Drama Therapy Process, Technique, and Performance $52.95 This authoritative volume, written by one of the world’s leading pioneers in the field, provides an integrative framework for the practice of drama therapy. It is the first book to offer a comprehensive and systematized description of drama therapy techniques as well as an in?depth analysis, supported by clinical examples and case histories, of the progression of brief and long?term drama therapy. After exploring the primary conceptual sources at the roots of drama therapy, the author delineates five distinct development phases in the therapeutic process that will help the therapist to pace treatment, assess progress, and choose effective techniques and interventions. The volumes describes over 125 distinct drama therapy techniques, many of which were created by the author. These techniques are categorized according to phases of the session and treatment series and subcategorized by therapeutic objective. Also included are an examination of performance?oriented drama therapy and “self?revelatory” theater as well as the poignant story about a group of seven former psychiatric patients and the play they created about their lives. The techniques described in Acting for Real will be particularly useful for clients who have difficulty with verbal communication, social interaction, or emotional expression/containment. They can be easily integrated into the contexts of individual, family, and group therapy; day treatment centers; inpatient psychiatric hospital units; as well as clinical and recreational work with all populations and age groups. Drama therapy offers an intensification of the psychotherapeutic process that will contribute to the growing need, in our current economic climate,for more cost?effective types of psychiatric treatment. But above all, drama therapy, as so clearly and knowledgeably set forth in Acting for Real, can offer individuals a particularly potent and multidimensional means of accessing their most profound and vital selves. |
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Adapting the Process Communication Model for Higher Education Writing – Connecting with Personality Types $32.46 New – Written communication is a key component for leaders of an educational organization. For an educational leader to demonstrate good writing, one of the principles recommended by professional writers is to know the target audience and write to it. The question at the heart of this book is what techniques can an educational leader use as a writer to communicate well based on the personality type of the reader? This book attempts to apply Process Communication Model guidelines for targeting ea |
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Adapting the Process Communication Model for Higher Education Writing – Connecting with Personality Types $61.12 Used – Written communication is a key component for leaders of an educational organization. For an educational leader to demonstrate good writing, one of the principles recommended by professional writers is to know the target audience and write to it. The question at the heart of this book is what techniques can an educational leader use as a writer to communicate well based on the personality type of the reader? This book attempts to apply Process Communication Model guidelines for targeting e |
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Adapting the Process Communication Model for Higher Education Writing – Connecting with Personality Types $32.46 Used – Written communication is a key component for leaders of an educational organization. For an educational leader to demonstrate good writing, one of the principles recommended by professional writers is to know the target audience and write to it. The question at the heart of this book is what techniques can an educational leader use as a writer to communicate well based on the personality type of the reader? This book attempts to apply Process Communication Model guidelines for targeting e |
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Adapting the Process Communication Model for Higher Education Writing – Connecting with Personality Types $61.12 New – Written communication is a key component for leaders of an educational organization. For an educational leader to demonstrate good writing, one of the principles recommended by professional writers is to know the target audience and write to it. The question at the heart of this book is what techniques can an educational leader use as a writer to communicate well based on the personality type of the reader? This book attempts to apply Process Communication Model guidelines for targeting ea |
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Adaptive Antennas and Phased Arrays for Radar and Communications $149 Adaptive antennas are integral parts of ground-based, airborne, and spaceborne communication systems, as well as radar systems that must function in the presence of jamming and other sources of interference. Based on the author’s extensive research at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, this authoritative resource offers antenna, communications and radar engineers an in-depth description of adaptive antenna and phased array design, emphasizing RF characteristics and field testing methods. For the first time in any book, practitioners find proven techniques and design guidance on specialized types of arrays, using monopole radiating elements, slotted cylinders and ultrawideband dipoles. Moreover, this unique book describes a novel focused near-field technique that helps engineers measure performance of large aperture radar systems and communications systems. |
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Adolescent Relationships and Drug Use $73.95 Adolescent Relationships and Drug Use explores the communicative and relational features of adolescent drug use. It focuses on peer norms, risk, and protective factors and considers how drugs are offered to adolescents, examining such factors as who makes the offers and how they are resisted, where the offers take place, and what relationship exists between the persons making the offers and the persons receiving them. Unlike other studies of drug resistance, this work examines the communication processes that affect adolescents’ ability to effectively resist drug offers. Michelle Miller and her colleagues study how personal qualities, communication skills, and relationships with others affect an individual’s ability to resist offers of drugs. This volume provides a detailed analysis of drug resistance in the context of such factors as relationships, types of drugs, family and peer group relationships, personality, and situations. It places drug use and resistance in a living, relational context, and offers the first comprehensive communication and relational approach to drug resistance. The authors argue for the development of a relational and communication competence model of drug resistance, and suggest unique approaches for future drug prevention efforts. In describing the social and relational processes of drug resistance and then linking intervention techniques to the adolescents’ relational world, this work makes a major contribution toward understanding drug use among adolescents. It informs relationship, communication, and psychology research, assists drug and health research by presenting new ways of considering the issue, and enlightens drug resistance practice by demonstrating a new approach to prevention. As such, it makes an effective and invaluable contribution to the ongoing efforts to reduce drug use among adolescents. |
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Advanced Chinese: Intention, Strategy, and Communication $65 Written and designed for advanced learners of Chinese, this book and its accompanying audio program focus on the variety of linguistic strategies that are essential in real-life communications. The lessons include texts that are representative of current life in China and that are authentic works of literature. Five types of discourse are considered in detail—narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and lyrical expression.With carefully crafted vocabulary, grammar, and exercise sections in each lesson, the book assists learners in improving writing and speaking skills, recognizing the difference between colloquial discourse and more formal discourse, and acquiring a sophisticated understanding of the meanings and nuances of the language. The authors also include a useful list of supplementary readings that may be used to enhance the texts in the book. An mp3 CD is included with the book. |
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Advanced Chinese: Intention, Strategy, and Communication $28.48 New – Written and designed for advanced learners of Chinese, this book and its accompanying audio program focus on the variety of linguistic strategies that are essential in real-life communications. The lessons include texts that are representative of current life in China and that are authentic works of literature. Five types of discourse are considered in detail–narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and lyrical expression. With carefully crafted vocabulary, grammar, and exercise se |
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Advanced Chinese: Intention, Strategy, and Communication $44.99 New – Written and designed for advanced learners of Chinese, this book and its accompanying audio program focus on the variety of linguistic strategies that are essential in real-life communications. The lessons include texts that are representative of current life in China and that are authentic works of literature. Five types of discourse are considered in detail–narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and lyrical expression. With carefully crafted vocabulary, grammar, and exercise se |
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Advanced Chinese: Intention, Strategy, and Communication $65 Written and designed for advanced learners of Chinese, this book and its accompanying audio program focus on the variety of linguistic strategies that are essential in real-life communications. The lessons include texts that are representative of current life in China and that are authentic works of literature. Five types of discourse are considered in detail—narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and lyrical expression.With carefully crafted vocabulary, grammar, and exercise sections in each lesson, the book assists learners in improving writing and speaking skills, recognizing the difference between colloquial discourse and more formal discourse, and acquiring a sophisticated understanding of the meanings and nuances of the language. The authors also include a useful list of supplementary readings that may be used to enhance the texts in the book. An mp3 CD is included with the book. |
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Advanced Chinese: Intention, Strategy, and Communication $24.27 Used – Written and designed for advanced learners of Chinese, this book and its accompanying audio program focus on the variety of linguistic strategies that are essential in real-life communications. The lessons include texts that are representative of current life in China and that are authentic works of literature. Five types of discourse are considered in detail–narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and lyrical expression. With carefully crafted vocabulary, grammar, and exercise s |
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Advanced Chinese: Intention, Strategy, and Communication $31.95 Used – Written and designed for advanced learners of Chinese, this book and its accompanying audio program focus on the variety of linguistic strategies that are essential in real-life communications. The lessons include texts that are representative of current life in China and that are authentic works of literature. Five types of discourse are considered in detail–narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and lyrical expression. With carefully crafted vocabulary, grammar, and exercise s |
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Advanced Electrical Drives: Analysis, Modeling, Control $99 Electrical drives convert in a controlled manner, electrical energy into mechanical energy. Electrical drives comprise an electrical machine, i.e. an electro-mechanical energy converter, a power electronic converter, i.e. an electrical-to-electrical converter, and a controller/communication unit. Today, electrical drives are used as propulsion systems in high-speed trains, elevators, escalators, electric ships, electric forklift trucks and electric vehicles. Advanced control algorithms (mostly digitally implemented) allow torque control over a high-bandwidth. Hence, precise motion control can be achieved. Examples are drives in robots, pick-and-place machines, factory automation hardware, etc.Most drives can operate in motoring and generating mode. Wind turbines use electrical drives to convert wind energy into electrical energy. More and more, variable speed drives are used to save energy for example, in air-conditioning units, compressors, blowers, pumps and home appliances.Key to ensure stable operation of a drive in the aforementioned applications are torque control algorithms. In Advanced Electrical Drives, a unique approach is followed to derive model based torque controllers for all types of Lorentz force machines, i.e. DC, synchronous and induction machines. The rotating transformer model forms the basis for this generalized modeling approach that ultimately leads to the development of universal field-oriented control algorithms. In case of switched reluctance machines, torque observers are proposed to implement direct torque algorithms. From a didactic viewpoint, tutorials are included at the end of each chapter. The reader is encouraged to execute these tutorials to familiarize him or herself with all aspects of drive technology. Hence, Advanced Electrical Drives encourages “learning by doing”. The CD, which accompanies this book, not only has all tutorials in the CASPOC environment, but also contains all figures used in this book |
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Advanced Information Systems Engineering: Second Nordic Conference CAiSE ‘90, Stockholm, Sweden, May 8-10, 1990, Proceedings $69.95 The Nordic Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE) is an annual international conference for users, developers and researchers of information systems technology and methodology. A distinctive characteristic of the CAiSE conference series is the objective to appeal to advanced practitioners as well as to researchers, and to promote communication between the two groups. In this second CAiSE conference, the program was divided into two types of sessions that were not run in parallel: Technical Paper sessions, with formally reviewed technical papers, and Practice and Experience sessions, with invited speakers and panel discussions. The proceedings include the formally reviewed technical papers and abstracts of the invited presentations. The technical papers present important international (mainly European) work in Information Systems Engineering within such areas as conceptual modelling, prototyping, requirements engineering, design support, software process modelling, tool design, and tool experiences. The abstracts of invited speakers’ presentations give an indication of current best industrial practice. |
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Advanced information systems engineering second Nordic Conference CAiSE ‘90, Stockholm, Sweden … 1990 proceedings $59.32 New – The Nordic Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE) is an annual international conference for users, developers and researchers of information systems technology and methodology. A distinctive characteristic of the CAiSE conference series is the objective to appeal to advanced practitioners as well as to researchers, and to promote communication between the two groups. In this second CAiSE conference, the program was divided into two types of sessions that were not ru |
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Advanced information systems engineering second Nordic Conference CAiSE ‘90, Stockholm, Sweden … 1990 proceedings $37.5 New – The Nordic Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE) is an annual international conference for users, developers and researchers of information systems technology and methodology. A distinctive characteristic of the CAiSE conference series is the objective to appeal to advanced practitioners as well as to researchers, and to promote communication between the two groups. In this second CAiSE conference, the program was divided into two types of sessions that were not ru |
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Advertising: The Beginner’s Guide to the Study of Advertising, Including Advertising History and Background, Education, Types of Advertisements, Advertising Regulations, New Advertising Techniques and More $21.04 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Advertising is a form of communication intended to persuade an audience to purchase or take some action upon products, ideals, or services. This Advertising Guide will provide everything you need to know about Advertising, Niche Market, Advertising Education, Advertising Agencies, Types of Advertisements including Online, TV, Radio, Mobile, Celebrity Advertising, |
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Advertising: The Beginner’s Guide to the Study of Advertising, Including Advertising History and Background, Education, Types of Advertisements, Advertising Regulations, New Advertising Techniques and More $17.96 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Advertising is a form of communication intended to persuade an audience to purchase or take some action upon products, ideals, or services. This Advertising Guide will provide everything you need to know about Advertising, Niche Market, Advertising Education, Advertising Agencies, Types of Advertisements including Online, TV, Radio, Mobile, Celebrity Advertising, |
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Advertising: The Beginner’s Guide to the Study of Advertising, Including Advertising History and Background, Education, Types of Advertisements, Advertising Regulations, New Advertising Techniques and More $17.14 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Advertising is a form of communication intended to persuade an audience to purchase or take some action upon products, ideals, or services. This Advertising Guide will provide everything you need to know about Advertising, Niche Market, Advertising Education, Advertising Agencies, Types of Advertisements including Online, TV, Radio, Mobile, Celebrity Advertising, |
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Advertising: The Beginner’s Guide to the Study of Advertising, Including Advertising History and Background, Education, Types of Advertisements, Advertising Regulations, New Advertising Techniques and More $20.53 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Advertising is a form of communication intended to persuade an audience to purchase or take some action upon products, ideals, or services. This Advertising Guide will provide everything you need to know about Advertising, Niche Market, Advertising Education, Advertising Agencies, Types of Advertisements including Online, TV, Radio, Mobile, Celebrity Advertising, |
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Aeronautical Radio Communication Systems and Networks $98.29 Typically, there are over twenty radio systems on board the average commercial jet aircraft dealing with communication, navigation and surveillance functions. Very high frequency (VHF) air-to-ground communication is usually the main method of  information and control exchange between pilot and air traffic control. Satellite and high frequency radio links are used to complement this system for long range or oceanic information exchanges. Other communications systems are required between the airline operation centre and the pilot and sometimes between the passengers and the ground.A comprehensive guide to current systems, networks and topologies, this book covers application requirements for communication and related radio-navigation and surveillance functions in aeronautical systems. There is also an insight into future possibilities as technologies progress and airspace operation and control scenarios change.Ideal for civil aviation authorities, airspace management providers and regulatory organizations, Aeronautical Radio Communication Systems and Networks will also appeal to aircraft and radio equipment manufacturers and university students studying aeronautical or electronic engineering.Key features: Provides a broad and concise look at the various communications systems on board a typical aircraft from a theoretical, system level and practical standpoint with worked examples and case studies throughout.Considers all types of aircraft from light aircraft to large commercial jets and specialised supersonic aircraft.Looks at existing airport radio communication infrastructure and proposals for new very high bandwidth radio applications within the airport environment.Provides a complete list of formulae for engineering design analysis and quick checks on system performance or interference analysis. |
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African American Men in College $42 Among undergraduates at colleges and universities in the United States, African American women outnumber African American men by almost two-to-one nationwide and by more than three-to-one at some schools. This is the most skewed ratio of any racial or ethnic group. According to the Chicago Tribune, there are more Black men behind bars in the United States than in its colleges and universities. There is a real need to understand the unique issues and concerns of African American men pursuing higher education.African American Men in College is a much-needed resource that includes examples of real-world programs and activities to enhance academic success in the college environment for African American men. The examples are collected from a variety of institutions across the country. With contributions from leading practitioners and scholars in the field, African American Men in College explores the factors that promote a climate of academic success. The book shows how participation in extracurricular activities can create a positive social climate and examines the advantages of developing communication and leadership skills. It shows how fostering relationships with administrators and community leaders can promote academic success. The book also describes a proven mentoring program and examines the role spirituality and religion can play in bolstering successful college experiences.In addition, African American Men in College discusses the positive and negative influences of membership in social fraternities and describes the advantages and disadvantages of intercollegiate athletics. This important resource also explores the particular challenges faced by gay African American men in the college environment. The book then puts the spotlight on the influence of historically Black colleges and universities and community colleges and reveals the findings from two empirical studies to determine how African American males fare on both of these types of |
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Akustisches Messger T $19.99 Kapitel: Sonar, Hydrophon, Schallpegelmesser, Gruppenhorchgerät, Phonautograph, Stethoclip, Geschwindigkeitsempfänger, Geräuschmessanhänger. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Sonar (originally an acronym for SOund Navigation And Ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in Submarine navigation) to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels. Two types of technology share the name “sonar”: passive sonar is essentially listening for the sound made by vessels; active sonar is emitting pulses of sounds and listening for echoes. Sonar may be used as a means of acoustic location and of measurement of the echo characteristics of “targets” in the water. Acoustic location in air was used before the introduction of radar. Sonar may also be used in air for robot navigation, and SODAR (an upward looking in-air sonar) is used for atmospheric investigations. The term sonar is also used for the equipment used to generate and receive the sound. The acoustic frequencies used in sonar systems vary from very low (infrasonic) to extremely high (ultrasonic). The study of underwater sound is known as underwater acoustics or hydroacoustics. Although some animals (dolphins and bats) have used sound for communication and object detection for millions of years, use by humans in the water is initially recorded by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1490: a tube inserted into the water was said to be used to detect vessels by placing an ear to the tube. In the 19th century an underwater bell was used as an ancillary to lighthouses to provide warning of hazards. The use of sound to ‘echo locate’ underwater in the same way as bats use sound for aerial navigation seems to have been prompted by the Titanic disaster of 1912. The world’s first patent for an underwater echo ranging device was filed at the British Patent Office by English meteorologist Lewis Richardson a month after the sinking of the Titanic, and a German |
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Algorithms and Parallel Computing $105 A balanced overview of the techniques used to design and program parallel computersThere is a software gap between parallel computers and programmers’ abilities to program such computers. Programming a parallel computer requires closely studying the target algorithm or application, more so than in traditional sequential programming. Today’s programmer must be aware of the communication and data dependencies of the algorithm or application; yet, programmers do not have the tools to help them implement an algorithm on a parallel computer platform. This book provides the techniques necessary to explore parallelism in algorithms, serial as well as iterative. It shows how to systematically design special-purpose parallel processing structures to implement algorithms.The book begins by explaining how to classify an algorithm, and then identifying which technique would be appropriate to implement the application on a parallel platform. It provides techniques for studying and analyzing several types of algorithms—parallel, serial-parallel, non-serial-parallel, and regular iterative algorithms. New techniques for extracting parallelism and controlling thread workload are shown for the first time, such as z-transform, graphic, algebraic, and nonlinear workload specification for the threads. Also featured in the book:A review of algorithms and how to parallelize each algorithm categoryTen case studies, detailed in separate chapters, that address implementing parallel algorithms on multithreaded parallel computers and developing special-purpose parallel machinesA chapter dedicated to enhancing single processor performanceEnd-of-chapter problems (solutions and lecture notes are available)Algorithms and Parallel Computing is intended for application developers, researchers, and graduate students and seniors in computer engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science. Software developers and major computer |
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Algorithms and Parallel Computing $68.85 A balanced overview of the techniques used to design and program parallel computersThere is a software gap between parallel computers and programmers’ abilities to program such computers. Programming a parallel computer requires closely studying the target algorithm or application, more so than in traditional sequential programming. Today’s programmer must be aware of the communication and data dependencies of the algorithm or application; yet, programmers do not have the tools to help them implement an algorithm on a parallel computer platform. This book provides the techniques necessary to explore parallelism in algorithms, serial as well as iterative. It shows how to systematically design special-purpose parallel processing structures to implement algorithms.The book begins by explaining how to classify an algorithm, and then identifying which technique would be appropriate to implement the application on a parallel platform. It provides techniques for studying and analyzing several types of algorithms—parallel, serial-parallel, non-serial-parallel, and regular iterative algorithms. New techniques for extracting parallelism and controlling thread workload are shown for the first time, such as z-transform, graphic, algebraic, and nonlinear workload specification for the threads. Also featured in the book:A review of algorithms and how to parallelize each algorithm categoryTen case studies, detailed in separate chapters, that address implementing parallel algorithms on multithreaded parallel computers and developing special-purpose parallel machinesA chapter dedicated to enhancing single processor performanceEnd-of-chapter problems (solutions and lecture notes are available)Algorithms and Parallel Computing is intended for application developers, researchers, and graduate students and seniors in computer engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science. Software developers and major computer |
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All about Birds $2.73 Used – From the smallest nectar-drinking hummingbird, to the enormous ostrich, readers will marvel at the degree of diversity found among the world’s many types of birds. In addition to learning about the communication, courtship and adaptive strategies that birds use in their natural surroundings, readers will learn about the important relationship that birds and people have shared for thousands of years. Beautiful four-color photographs and drawings, coupled with lively, accessible text make t |
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All about Birds $6.09 Used – From the smallest nectar-drinking hummingbird, to the enormous ostrich, readers will marvel at the degree of diversity found among the world’s many types of birds. In addition to learning about the communication, courtship and adaptive strategies that birds use in their natural surroundings, readers will learn about the important relationship that birds and people have shared for thousands of years. Beautiful four-color photographs and drawings, coupled with lively, accessible text make t |
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All about Birds $27.27 New – From the smallest nectar-drinking hummingbird, to the enormous ostrich, readers will marvel at the degree of diversity found among the world’s many types of birds. In addition to learning about the communication, courtship and adaptive strategies that birds use in their natural surroundings, readers will learn about the important relationship that birds and people have shared for thousands of years. Beautiful four-color photographs and drawings, coupled with lively, accessible text make th |
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All about Birds $10.75 New – From the smallest nectar-drinking hummingbird, to the enormous ostrich, readers will marvel at the degree of diversity found among the world’s many types of birds. In addition to learning about the communication, courtship and adaptive strategies that birds use in their natural surroundings, readers will learn about the important relationship that birds and people have shared for thousands of years. Beautiful four-color photographs and drawings, coupled with lively, accessible text make th |
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All about Birds Including Origin, Evolution, Anatomy and Physiology, Flight, Nesting, Communication, and More $14.73 Used – This book can be used as an informational tool for students and young children. It contains a broad spectrum of information that includes the origin of the bird, types of birds, communication, conservation, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Projec |
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All about Birds Including Origin, Evolution, Anatomy and Physiology, Flight, Nesting, Communication, and More $16.42 Used – This book can be used as an informational tool for students and young children. It contains a broad spectrum of information that includes the origin of the bird, types of birds, communication, conservation, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Projec |
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All about Birds Including Origin, Evolution, Anatomy and Physiology, Flight, Nesting, Communication, and More $14.73 New – This book can be used as an informational tool for students and young children. It contains a broad spectrum of information that includes the origin of the bird, types of birds, communication, conservation, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project |
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All about Birds Including Origin, Evolution, Anatomy and Physiology, Flight, Nesting, Communication, and More $16.14 New – This book can be used as an informational tool for students and young children. It contains a broad spectrum of information that includes the origin of the bird, types of birds, communication, conservation, and more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project |
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Alligators and Crocodiles $4 Every classroom library—and every home library—needs a set of these fascinating books! School-age children refer to these books over and over again while writing essays, preparing reports, creating presentations, or for the pure enjoyment of reading about some of the most amazing creatures in the animal kingdom. Headings include: Facts about the animal – Types of the animal – Where do they live? – Beginning life – Growing up – Predators – Feeding – Senses – Movement – Communication – The animal under threat – Life cycle – Glossary – Index Each book in the series provides a wealth of information that students can trust. The lavish, full-color photographs and the inviting, easy-to-understand text transform the work of research into an intriguing investigation. All books in the series measure 81/4" x 101/2". |
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Alligators and Crocodiles $19.58 Every classroom library—and every home library—needs a set of these fascinating books! School-age children refer to these books over and over again while writing essays, preparing reports, creating presentations, or for the pure enjoyment of reading about some of the most amazing creatures in the animal kingdom. Headings include: Facts about the animal – Types of the animal – Where do they live? – Beginning life – Growing up – Predators – Feeding – Senses – Movement – Communication – The animal under threat – Life cycle – Glossary – Index Each book in the series provides a wealth of information that students can trust. The lavish, full-color photographs and the inviting, easy-to-understand text transform the work of research into an intriguing investigation. All books in the series measure 81/4" x 101/2". |
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Along the Oral-Written Continuum: Types of Texts, Relations and Their Implications $75.24 Used – Ever since its introduction in the 1970s, Ruth Finnegan’s notion of the oral-written, or the oral-literate, continuum has served as one of the most effective means of dispelling the dichotomous understanding of the two principal media of communication in the Middle Ages. However, while often casually invoked, the concept has never been made a focus of study in its own right. The present volume is an attempt to place the oral-written continuum at the heart of discussion as an object of a h |
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