Language of Work

The Language of Work : *examines how language is used in business and the workplace, looking at a range of situations and data: from meetings to informal negotiations, promotional letters to emails *explores representations of work in advertising, career magazines and workplace talk *looks at the way people in business interact through small talk, politeness, customer care and management-employee relationships *is illustrated with lively examples taken from the real world and includes a full index of terms *features a useful section on entering the world of work, exploring job adverts and texts that give advice on CV writing and developing 'transferable skills'.Koester, Almut is the author of 'Language of Work', published 2004 under ISBN 9780415307307 and ISBN 0415307309.