MBA Consortium
Coordinator: Deborah Roebuck

The mission of this interest group is to advance excellence in management communication in MBA schools by

• enhancing the field and programs
• fostering innovative curriculum development
• encouraging research in management-level communication
• furthering the standing of communication faculty
• providing educational, training, and professional development opportunities for faculty
• developing policies and positions on communication issues relevant to business schools
• establishing relations between business professionals and academics;
• promoting effective management communication in business through collaborative communication within the national consortium of ABC's MBA members.ication within the national consortium of ABC's MBA members
  

Consultant's Interest Group

Coordinators: Barbara Shwom and Lee Clark Johns

The Consultants' Interest Group focuses on best practices in communication consulting and provides programs and resources for ABC's consulting community. The Consultant's Interest Group is closely allied with the Association of Professional Communication Consultants, which offers consulting resources on its website: www.consultingsuccess.org.

Intercultural Communication Interest Group

Coordinator: Deb Doel-Hammond

The Intercultural Communication Interest Group has several goals:

• promote awareness of intercultural and international differences and similarities
• foster excellence in intercultural business communication research
• honor and celebrate cultural diversity in classrooms, in businesses, and in corporations

The interest group works in the following projects

• Reviewing research works in progress
• Providing an Intercultural Bibliography for research
• Continuing the “Focus on Intercultural Communication” Column in BCQ
• Connecting ABC members to international activities via the Internet
• Sharing classroom teaching materials and intercultural scenarios
  

Rhetoric Special Interest Group

Coordinator:Cindy King

The main goal for the group is to spark ongoing discussion about the value of rhetorical scholarship for business communication. Initial ideas for activities include:

• Meet regularly at the annual national and international ABC conferences
• At these annual meetings, invite members to lead discussions about the application of rhetoric to business communication research and pedagogy
• Create a working bibliography of rhetorical scholarship in business and managerial communication
• Develop Rhetoric SIG-sponsored ABC presentations
• Create an online listserv for ongoing discussion, interaction, and the sharing of resources
• Continue to explore ways that this group can help can foster and support the application of rhetoric in research and pedagogy
• Possibly work toward a special issue of JBC on rhetorical scholarship

Business Writing and Speaking Center Special Interest Group

Coordinator: Sharon McMillen Cannon
This interest group focuses on best practices in operating writing and speaking centers for business students. The group will:

• Meet regularly at the annual ABC conference
• Invite members to lead discussions related to directing effective centers
• Encourage members to develop ABC presentations and journal articles
• Support professionals running business writing and speaking centers
• Provide information to those interested in creating business writing and speaking centers