Title: Gobbledygook Has Gotta Go
Author: John O’Hayre
Date: not given
Publisher: U.S. Goverrnment Printing Office
ISBN: none
Length: 113 pages
Illustrations: cartoons
Quote: “The Bureau of Land Management...can work together...only when we understand each other...Our comunications have sometimes failed because of a fascination with the traditions of officialese...”
Right. Despite the cartoons, this is not really a funny book. At times it approaches earnestness. It’s a serious guide to the art of corporate communication.
It is, however, a book some people need. It analyzes why some communication efforts fail, and suggests improvements that need to be heeded by all employees of private corporations or government offices, all authors of high school and college textbooks, and anyone who admits having taken courses toward an M.B.A. You know someone who needs this book...and it’s recommended to anyone who dares to send it where it may do some good.
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