Business and Professional Communication- Vantage Learning Platform

KEYS for Workplace Excellence

FAVORITE SAGE VANTAGE FEATURES

Pedagogical Scaffolding
Builds on core concepts, moving students from basic understanding to mastery.

Confidence Builder
Offers frequent Knowledge Checks, applied-learning multimedia tools (including assignable video with assessment), and chapter quizzes with focused feedback to ensure students know key concepts.

eReading Experience
Makes it easy for students to learn by presenting content in easy-to-digest chunks accompanied by frequent Knowledge Checks. The eReader also features notetaking, highlighting, definition look-up, and other helpful reading tools.

Assignments and Measurement Made Simple
Feeds auto-graded assignments to your gradebook, with real-time insight into student and class performance. The highly visual reports show if your students are struggling and where they need the most help.

LMS Integration
Saves you time by giving you access to all course materials from one location. SAGE Vantage can integrate with your LMS providing Single Sign-On (SSO) and gradebook integration.

Simple Course Setup and Management
Enables you to set up your course in just 3 steps—so fast you can complete it in minutes! Additionally, instructor control over assignments, content selection, due dates, and grading supports the way you choose to teach.

Quality Content
Written by expert authors and teachers you trust, content is not sacrificed for technical features.

Student Dashboard
Offers a highly visual student dashboard for easy access to grades, so students know exactly where they stand in your course and where they might improve.

Greater Value and Choice
Affordable access to easy-to-use, quality learning tools students will appreciate.

Greater Flexibility
Easy to access across mobile, desktop, and tablet devices, SAGE Vantage enables students to engage with the material you choose, learn by applying knowledge, and soar with confidence by performing better in your course.

NEW AND KEY FEATURES OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION, FOURTH EDITION

• A New “Introduction for Students” introduces the KEYS process to students and explains the benefits of studying business and professional communication.
• Updated chapter opening vignettes introduce students to each chapter with a contemporary example drawn from the real world, including a discussion about what makes the employee-rated top five companies to work for so popular, new strategies to update PR and marketing methods to help stories stand out, Oprah Winfrey’s 2018 Golden Globe speech that reverberated throughout the #metoo movement, Simon Sinek’s “How Great Leaders Inspire Action” TED talk, and the keys to Southwest Airlines’ success.
• An updated photo program shows diverse groups of people in workplace settings and provides current visual examples to accompany updated vignettes and scholarship in the chapter narrative.
• Compelling narratives introduce students to each chapter with a contemporary example drawn from the real world.
• The KEYS organizing theme includes the following features 1) Know Yourself self-assessments and inventories, 2) Evaluate the Professional Context sections that encourage application of knowledge to a variety of professional contexts and situations, 3) Your Communication Interaction features focus on making competent communication choices and selecting the appropriate communication channel, and 4) Step Back and Reflect sections that present challenges and dilemmas in business and professional contexts, promoting analysis of what went wrong in specific business and professional situations.  
• “Ethical Connection” features emphasize ethics, a foundation of business and professional excellence, in all chapters by connecting a topic to an ethical perspective.
• Discussion Questions build students’ critically thinking skills and help generate classroom discussion.