Book Reviews : Communicating Through Writing and Speaking in Business. Ninth Edition, C. W Wilkinson, Dorothy C. Wilkinson, and Gretchen N. Vik. Homewood, IL: Irwin, 1986, 683 pages
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77 Book ReviewsCommunicating Through Writing and Speaking in Business. Ninth Edition, C. W Wilkinson, Dorothy C. Wilkinson, and Gretchen N. Vik. Homewood, IL: Irwin, 1986, 683 pages SAGE Publications, Inc.1986DOI: 10.1177/002194368602300411 This text has served scores of instructors very successfully since the first edition appeared in 1955. Each succeeding edition has reflected changes in business and management very effectively and has thus remained current, up-to-date, and challenging. This ninth edition announces a change in authors with an ABC leader, Professor Gretchen Vik of San Diego State University, replacing Peter -Clarke (eighth edition) as one of the three coauthors. Those who have found the earlier editions of this text valuable will be pleased with the significant changes and additions to the ninth edition: -A new chapter on the automated office -Added material on intercultural business communication -New sections on forms development and writing job descriptions -Expanded and new materials on career development, resume writing, and interviewing -New materials on oral communication and listening Each of the five major segments of the book is very well organized and makes topic selections easy for the instructor who uses the book for either a one- or two-semester program in communication. Segment one