Communication in Global Corporations : Successful Project Management via Email.
Title:
Communication in Global Corporations : Successful Project Management via Email.
Author:
Zajac, Justyna.
ISBN:
9783653030976
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (254 pages)
Series:
Warschauer Studien zur Germanistik und zur Angewandten Linguistik ; v.14
Warschauer Studien zur Germanistik und zur Angewandten Linguistik
Contents:
Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Frameworks -- Aim(s) of the Book -- An Overview of the Book's Contents -- 1. Model of Specialist Communication.Anthropocentric Approach -- 1.1. Origins and Main Tenets of Anthropocentric Linguistics -- 1.1.1. Language/Languages -- 1.1.2. Knowledge/Knowledges -- 1.1.3. Culture/Cultures -- 1.1.4. Linguistic and Cultural Human Communication -- 1.2. Specialist Intercultural and Interlingual Communication -- 1.2.1. Model of Specialist Communication -- 1.2.2. Characteristics of Specialist Communication -- 1.3. Summary -- 2. Communication in Global Corporations -- 2.1. Towards 'Business Linguistics' and Intercultural/Interlingual Corporate Communication -- 2.2. Arenas of Corporate Communication -- 2.3. Communication in Global Corporations-Organisational Considerations -- 2.3.1. Staffing Policies -- 2.3.2. Directions of Communication -- 2.3.4. Formal and Informal Communication Networks -- 2.4. Specialist Intercultural and InterlingualCommunication in Global Corporations-Linguistic Considerations -- 2.4.1. BELF (Business English as a lingua franca) -- 2.4.2. Multilingual Professionals and Communities of Practice -- 2.4.3. Third Culture -- 2.5. Summary -- 3. Communication in Global Virtual Teams -- 3.1. Basics of Project Management -- 3.1.1. Project Success Factors and Criteria -- 3.1.2. Project Manager and Project Team -- 3.1.3. Global Virtual Teams -- 3.2. Communication Tools for Global Virtual Teams -- 3.2.1. Electronic Communication Tools -- 3.2.2. Web 2.0 Tools -- 3.3. Communication in Global Virtual Teams -- 3.3.1. Project Management Languages and Team Language -- 3.3.2. Team Culture -- 3.4. Summary -- 4. Email Communication in Global Virtual Teams From a Linguistic Point of View -- 4.1. The Study -- 4.1.1. Global Corporation -- 4.1.2. Data Collection.
4.1.3. Specialist Email -- 4.1.4. Specialist Email Discourse -- 4.2. Method -- 4.2.1. Selected Empirical Research Methods of Intercultural and Interlingual Corporate Communication -- 4.2.2. Planes of Oral and Written Discourse Analysis -- 4.2.3. Research Implications of the Anthropocentric Approach to Human Languages -- 4.3. Results -- 4.3.1. Plane of Text and Discourse Patterns -- 4.3.2. Illocutionary Plane of Specialist Email Discourse -- 4.4. Summary -- 5. Application -- 5.1. Occupational Training Sessions -- 5.2. Pedagogical Implications in Tertiary Education -- 6. Conclusions -- 7. Bibliography.
Abstract:
This volume investigates the issues of specialist email discourse conducted in Business English as a lingua franca (BELF) by specialists working in international teams within the field of project management. It discusses aspects of team language and team culture in professional international environments taking into consideration the tenets of anthropocentric linguistics. The research project, the results of which are presented in this book, was carried out on the basis of authentic business emails received from a global company. The results of the research project are divided into two parts: the first part focuses on conventions applied by project team members, whereas the second part is devoted to the illocutionary acts relevant to communication during the execution of global projects.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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