{"id":26,"date":"2022-04-04T15:50:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/pacing\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T12:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T12:18:41","slug":"pacing","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/pacing\/","title":{"raw":"Pacing","rendered":"Pacing"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"wp-nocaption aligncenter wp-image-260\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-260\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2025\/2017\/07\/10205220\/stopwatch.png\" alt=\"decorative image\" width=\"200\" height=\"212\" \/><\/div>\r\nThe Business Communication Skills for Managers textbook contains fifteen chapters\u2014one chapter per week for a sixteen-week semester (with an additional week for review). If you need to modify the pace and cover the material more quickly, the following chapters work well together:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 1: Communicating in Business<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 2: Writing in Business<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 7: Public Speaking<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 8: Developing and Delivering Business Presentations\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 11: Communicating Different Messages<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 12: Collaboration In And Across Teams\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 14: Finding a Job<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 15: Recruiting and Selecting New Employees\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Chapter 6: Reports<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 10: Social Media<\/strong> can also be combined with other chapters as necessary.\r\n\r\nWe recommend NOT doubling up the following chapters, because they have more material to cover. Students will need more time for mastery and completion of assignments.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 4: Research<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 5: Visual Media<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\r\n<a style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Q4bCIy-Ij5wDDSnWZgyHHuU3QH9LUgq3qEhdGIwHoBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More<\/a>","rendered":"<div class=\"wp-nocaption aligncenter wp-image-260\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-260\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2025\/2017\/07\/10205220\/stopwatch.png\" alt=\"decorative image\" width=\"200\" height=\"212\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Business Communication Skills for Managers textbook contains fifteen chapters\u2014one chapter per week for a sixteen-week semester (with an additional week for review). If you need to modify the pace and cover the material more quickly, the following chapters work well together:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 1: Communicating in Business<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 2: Writing in Business<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 7: Public Speaking<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 8: Developing and Delivering Business Presentations\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 11: Communicating Different Messages<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 12: Collaboration In And Across Teams\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 14: Finding a Job<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 15: Recruiting and Selecting New Employees\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chapter 6: Reports<\/strong> and <strong>Chapter 10: Social Media<\/strong> can also be combined with other chapters as necessary.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend NOT doubling up the following chapters, because they have more material to cover. Students will need more time for mastery and completion of assignments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 4: Research<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chapter 5: Visual Media<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Q4bCIy-Ij5wDDSnWZgyHHuU3QH9LUgq3qEhdGIwHoBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-26\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Pacing. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Stopwatch. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Adrien Coquet, FR. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Noun Project. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenounproject.com\/term\/stopwatch\/1094680\/\">https:\/\/thenounproject.com\/term\/stopwatch\/1094680\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":395986,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Pacing\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Stopwatch\",\"author\":\"Adrien Coquet, FR\",\"organization\":\"Noun Project\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thenounproject.com\/term\/stopwatch\/1094680\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-26","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":24,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/26\/revisions\/407"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/24"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/26\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}