Business Communication Research: Past, Present, and Future

Suchan, Jim; Charles, Mirjaliisa

doi:10.1177/0021943606291714

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“…The lack of a common discipline for business communication graduate education may contribute to a lack of easily recognizable programs: no matter where the program is housed, programs where business communication can be studied are rarely titled Business Communication. These findings provide some support for Suchan and Charles' (2006) opinion that business communication would benefit from its own Ph.D. programs, but as they observe, "more than likely, though, we will have to do what we have done in the past: attract talented PhDs from other disciplines-English, speech communication, rhetoric, organizational communication" (Suchan & Charles, 2006, p. 397). The findings of the present study suggest that such attraction is occurring.…”

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Locations, Programs, and Content of Graduate Education in Business Communication

Carradini¹,

Baker²,

Sharp³

et al. 2020

Bus. Commun. Res. Pract.

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Objectives: This study explored locations, programs, and content of graduate education in business communication to provide guidance for prospective graduate students interested in becoming business communication faculty. Methods: The researchers conducted a survey of business communication scholars, drawing on the backgrounds and knowledge of those who currently teach and research business communication. Results: Findings indicate that 93 universities offer programs supporting graduate business communication education. This number dwarfs the 12 previously documented programs. These 93 programs are rarely called "business communication. " More respondents received training in business communication practice in master's programs than in doctoral programs, while more respondents received training in pedagogy and methods during doctoral work than master's work. The majority of respondents reported being employed by business schools despite receiving their degrees from colleges of arts and sciences, communication, or education. Conclusions: Graduate students can use the list of 93 universities to investigate possible graduate programs in business communication. Students will likely need to pursue graduate education outside of business schools, because the majority of respondents did not receive their graduate degrees from business schools. Earning a doctorate will likely give students methodological knowledge that a master's program may not provide. To bolster their experience with the context of business communication, graduate students may need to gain some experience in the practice of business communication via internship or elective business school coursework.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 64%

Locations, Programs, and Content of Graduate Education in Business Communication

Carradini¹,

Baker²,

Sharp³

et al. 2020

Bus. Commun. Res. Pract.

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“…In a similar manner, Suchan & Charles (2006) point out that business communication research has helped our understanding of what actually happens during communication in the business workplace. Using a variety of research methods, including ethnography, participant observation and case analysis, other researchers such as Yates & Orlikowski (1992), Cross (1994, 2001), Orlikowski & Yates (1994), Winsor (1996, 2003), Louhiala-Salminen (2002) and Gunnarsson (2009) have successfully explained some of the more complex organizational and situational constraints that operate on the construction, interpretation and use of business genres in real-life business contexts.…”

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English for Business Communication

Bhatia¹,

Bremner²

2012

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The concept of Business English has undergone some major shifts in the last few years because of a number of developments, such as advances in genre theory and the coming together of English for Business Purposes and Business Communication, inspired by the realization that there is a gap to be bridged between the academy and the globalized business world. Drawing on advances in the analysis of business discourses, especially in applied genre analysis, this state-of-the-art review revisits the frameworks currently used in English for Business Purposes and Business Communication (or, more generally, Professional Communication) to suggest an integration of the two approaches for the design of English for Business Communication (EBC) programmes. The study incorporates an extensive review of much of the relevant published work in all the three areas mentioned above to identify some of the main issues in EBC, and illustrates a gradual shift in the rationale for the design and implementation of EBC programmes.

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“…NOTES 1. Contemplating the past, present, and future of business communication research, Janis Forman recognized the need to align the field more clearly with a business function, like corporate communication, which is becoming increasingly important in business organizations (Suchan & Charles, 2006). This suggestion echoes Argenti (1996), who, in an effort to define corporate communication as a discipline, distinguishes various subfunctions of corporate communication, including financial communication.…”

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Corporate Risk Reporting: A Content Analysis of Narrative Risk Disclosures in Prospectuses

Deumes

2008

Journal of Business Communication

121

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This study examines whether companies report risk-relevant information to prospective investors. While corporate risk communication is important for the well-functioning of capital markets, our current understanding of risk reporting practices is limited. The sample consists of Dutch companies raising capital on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in the late 1990s. In this setting, companies had much discretion in writing the risk section of the prospectus. After a detailed content analysis of the risk sections, the author demonstrates that a measure of risk extracted from these texts successfully predicts the volatility of companies' future stock prices, the sensitivity of future stock prices to market-wide fluctuations, as well as severe declines in future stock prices. Overall, these results support the view that prospectuses of Dutch companies provide adequate information about material investment risks.Our history of substantial net losses may continue indefinitely and make it difficult to fund our operations.VersaTel Telecom International N.V. (1999, p. 12) This excerpt comes from the so-called "risk factor" section in the initial public offering prospectus of VersaTel Telecom International. It provides an example of warnings (risk factors) that corporate managers communicate to buyers of shares in companies going public. Offering prospectuses are legal documents, describing an enterprise to prospective investors. The risk factor sections in these documents are intended to provide investors with a clear and concise summary of the material risks to an investment in the issuers'

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Business Communication Research: Past, Present, and Future

Cited by 12 publications

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Locations, Programs, and Content of Graduate Education in Business Communication

Locations, Programs, and Content of Graduate Education in Business Communication

English for Business Communication

Corporate Risk Reporting: A Content Analysis of Narrative Risk Disclosures in Prospectuses

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