This book is designed for foreign-born professionals working in the U.S. who already possess good English skills, and yet are not polished communicators in a U.S. business environment. We provide practical advice - with student and client anecdotes throughout the text - and help foreign-born professionals change their communications skills and style to become more effective in typical business situations such as: managing meetings, understanding U.S. negotiation tactics, writing effective e-mails, delivering U.S.-style presentations, using Power English to stand out as a leader, and other communication areas such as how to reduce accents that interfere in business transactions.
Most essays in this set are taken from Ready Reference: American
Indians (1995), Great Events from History: North America (rev. ed.,
1997), and Racial and Ethnic Relations in America (1999). Fifteen newly
commissioned articles on recent developments in American Indian history
also appear. All articles over 1,000 words offer annotated
bibliographies and the bibliographies of all previously published
essays have been updated.
