IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter • ISSN 1539-3593 • Volume 52, Number 8 • September 2008

Conducting a Globalization Audit

by Kit Brown-Hoekstra

For companies participating in the global market, one of the challenges is ensuring that customers and employees worldwide are treated equitably, and that they have access to the appropriate products, services, and support. Successful companies develop a strategy for accomplishing these goals by inculcating the organization with an understanding of how each area fits into the global strategy, and then implementing activities that support the goals...Read more.

  • Writing

    Learning Languages

    "I was 24 years old when I first began thinking and speaking in a foreign language. It was like being released from prison. I saw my cell door swinging open and my mind flying free. That was over 40 years ago, but the picture is as fresh now as if it had just happened."....Read more

  • Project Management

    Powering Past Post-PMP® Syndrome

    Post-PMP® Syndrome (noun) – A group of symptoms commonly found after project managers tirelessly prepare to pass the PMP exam pass it and bring home the gold, and then find themselves asking: What's next?....Read more.

  • Member News

    Nominations for Goldsmith & Other Awards

    Lots of member news this month--from new senior members to opportunities to volunteer and to nominate folks for awards ....Read more.

  • Tidbits

    History of the Typewriter and the Future of English

    Two articles await your reading pleasure; the first is the history of the typewriter and how it transformed the world of work. The second is an analysis of what American English might look like 2000 years from now... Read More.

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