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Open Textbook Library Business Communication: Five Core Competencies

Description:

Open Textbook Library Business Communication: Five Core Competencies presents the catalogue entry for an open textbook by Kristen Lucas, Jacob D. Rawlins and Jenna Haugen, published by SAALCK in 2023 and listed in the Open Textbook Library. The book builds business writing on five competencies and carries reviews written by instructors.

100% Free (unlimited): The book is offered online, as a PDF and as an ebook from this page, with no account and no payment at any stage. It carries a Creative Commons licence that allows it to be kept, passed on and adapted for teaching, provided the authors are credited and the use is not commercial.

Access: 100% Free Level: Advanced (C1-C2) Format: Downloadable Template/Guide / Lesson/Tutorial / Reference Written for: Business English (for native speakers) English Variant: US

URL: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/business-communication-five-core-competencies

How It Helps Your Business English

What this resource offers:

The entry gives the book's authors, its publisher, its year and its licence, with the formats on offer: online, PDF and ebook. A summary explains the five competencies the book is built on, professional, clear, concise, evidence-driven and persuasive, and notes the Communication Tips, the Your Turn exercises and the how-to sections. Instructor reviews follow.

How to use this resource:

You read the summary and the instructor reviews to judge whether the book suits you, then open it in the format you prefer. The five competencies give you a checklist to hold a message against before you send it. The Your Turn exercises let you practise on a scenario, and the how-to sections show how a particular business message is put together.

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Last verified — Oct. 26, 2026