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The article discusses safety issues in the aggregates industry as of May 2015. It cites the study made at aggregates firm OMG's Central West Division to determine the most effective communication processes to improve workplace safety. Among the communication processes that were assessed are hand signals, task training, and notes on bulletin board.

The article reports that community relations focusing on how employees in an organisation could perform better if the feel a sense of belonging to the community with the help of employee newspapers. Topics include importance of business communication and public relations, ideal team work by employees, and works on employee publications.

The author focuses on the misunderstandings of electronic communication, especially electronic mails (emails). He stresses on the importance of face-to-face communication between managers to employees, adding that over 90 percent of communication is through non-verbal signals such as body language and tone of voice. He feels that effective communication happens at the receiver end only when the recipient is able to fully understand and clarify any doubts he may have.

The author highlights the importance of managers taking the time to effectively assign a task to an employee. He also underlines that an up-front discussion will increase employees' confidence and reduce their mistakes. He also offers suggestion to managers for having an effective meeting when giving a new assignment, which include describing the task, its results and its importance, encouraging the employee, and discussing any potential obstacles to the outcome.

The article discusses the 2012 U.S. Construction Industry FMI Productivity Report and offers advice on how construction companies can improve productivity on the manager/supervisor level. Focus is given to project managers, work planning and communication, which impact daily productivity. It is said that collaboration between project managers, operations and maintenance should start from concept stage, supervisors should be given planning skills and communication must improve in all levels.

The article focuses on the application of communication audit in successful small businesses. Topics discussed include several steps in audit process such as benchmarking, identifying company goals, and identifying the internal and external publics, the discussion on the effectiveness of communication processes, and the revision of mission statements and institutional data by companies that uses communication audit.

An interview with Jennifer Hise, vice president of mobile concrete hatching and mixing equipment company CEMCO Inc. is presented. When asked to trace her career in the aggregates industry, she says that she worked three years for TXI as production coordinator, a year for a sand and gravel dredging operation, and vice president at CEMCO since 2001. She cites that effective communication is the biggest challenge in her job. She also relates that technology aids efficiency in production.

The article discusses issues related to the development of a corporate communication process. Among the potential process that can take advantage of the full capacity of an organization to move information up and down the chain of command are advisory boards and communication meetings. It compares the complexity of a process plan and writing a press release. The article also explains the important role played by a good role chart as an aid to process implementation.

The article comments on the importance of communication between maintenance managers and production managers of a mining business. Among the duties of maintenance managers are developing the list of tasks that should be performed for a day and communicating the tasks to the workers. Methods of sharing personnel and other resources is one topic that should be discussed by the managers. It suggests that communication sessions between managers lead to improvement of maintenance performance,productivity and safety.

Discusses communication process in the workplace. Suggestion to someone who wants to change his or her communication behavior; Explanation on companies' efforts to guide employees into more productive communication action; Information on the 1-2-3-Month report; Advice to middle managers in developing productive two-way communication.

The article stresses the importance of focused listening in management. Paying attention is difficult because people are distracted by competing messages and thoughts, and because people impose their own meaning over what is being said. The first problem requires discipline to overcome. The second problem has more to do with attitude than communication.

Stresses the appropriateness and necessity of communicating layoffs to employees as soon as possible. Need of communicating both good and bad news in a open system of business; Communication objectives of companies planning layoffs; Tips on making layoff announcements.

Discusses the business communication strategy of a journalist for Xerox. Background on the growth of the company; Details of a communication meeting for corporate personnel of Xerox; Problems encountered by Bruce Rismiller, corporate communication expert at Xerox.

Discusses the need for effective communication between managers and employees in line with the merger and acquisition plans of the company. Situations when internal communication within the company is not recommended; Importance of the act of communicating to employees; Suggestions on how to communicate with employees who will be affected of the personnel changes within the company.

Emphasizes the importance of communication audits to the analysis of a plant's maintenance practices and to the maximization of the use of machinery. Functions of communication audits; Range of the costs of communication audits.

Discusses the importance of open communication to companies in times of crises. Function of a crisis communication plan; Information on an authoritarian business culture; Requirements for an effective crisis communication plan.

Discusses the different methods to improve the communication skills in a work force. Benefits of mentoring; Description of personal survey; Purpose of feedbacks.