The Business Writer's Companion,9780312631321

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The Business Writer's Companion

by Brusaw; Alred; Oliu

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6th

ISBN13:

9780312631321

ISBN10:

0312631324

Format:

Spiral Bound

Pub. Date:

12/22/2010

Publisher(s):

Bedford/St. Martin's

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Summary

The Business Writer's Companionis an easy-access guide to the most common types of business writing and communication by a dedicated author team with decades of combined academic and professional experience. It places writing in a real-world context with hundreds of business writing topics and more than 60 sample documents. Always anticipating the needs of today's business writers, the sixth edition includes updated information on the technologies that are integral to workplace writing and offers tips about professionalism.

Five Steps to Successful Writing

Tab 1. The Writing Process

audience
collaborative writing
conclusions
context
defining terms
description
ethics in writing
global communication
introductions
organization
outlining
paragraphs
persuasion
point of view
preparation
process explanation
promotional writing
proofreading
purpose
readers
revision
scope
writing a draft

*Tab 2. Workplace Technology

*adapting to new technologies
*blogs/forums
e-mail

*FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
instant messaging
*repurposing
selecting the medium
*text messaging
Web design
writing for the Web

Tab 3. Research and Documentation

bibliographies
copyright
documenting sources
interviewing for information
note-taking
paraphrasing
plagiarism
quotations
research

Tab 4. Business Writing Documents and Elements

feasibility reports
investigative reports
progress and activity reports
proposals
reports
titles
trip reports
trouble reports

Tab 5. Formal Reports

abstracts
appendixes
executive summaries
formal reports
glossaries
tables of contents

Tab 6. Design and Visuals

drawings
flowcharts
global graphics
graphs
headings
layout and design
lists
organizational charts
tables
visuals

Tab 7. Correspondence

acknowledgments
adjustments
complaints
correspondence
covers (or transmittals)
inquiries and responses
international correspondence
letters
memos
refusals
sales letters

Tab 8. Job Search and Application

acceptance/refusals
application letters
interviewing for a job
job search
résumés

Tab 9. Presentations and Meetings

listening
meetings
minutes of meetings
presentations

Tab 10. Style and Clarity

abstract / concrete words
affectation
awkwardness
biased language
business writing style
buzzwords
clichés
coherence
compound words
conciseness
connotation / denotation
emphasis
euphemisms
expletives
figures of speech
garbled sentences
idioms
intensifiers
jargon
logic errors
nominalizations
parallel structure
positive writing
repetition
sentence variety
subordination
telegraphic style
tone
transition
unity
vague words
word choice
“you” viewpoint

Tab 11. Grammar

Tab 12. Punctuation and Mechanics

*Appendix: Usage

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