Successful Writing at Work: Concise Edition
By Philip C. Kolin
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Packed with real-world examples, SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK: CONCISE, 4e delivers a practical yet succinct introduction to effective workplace writing for a variety of communication tasks. Based on the market-leading SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK, 10e, the CONCISE edition covers the most essential skills for effective workplace communication. The text begins with writing basics, emphasizing the characteristics of effective writing, the writing process, ethics, and the importance of audience. It covers basic business correspondence, walks students through formatting letters for a variety of business situations, and features a step-by-step chapter on getting a job. More advanced chapters focus on document design and visuals, writing instructions and procedures, writing reports, proposals, and making business presentations. The Fourth Edition emphasizes ethical considerations throughout as well as integrates guidelines for greening the workplace. In addition, its contemporary, open, and user-friendly design includes a wide trim size to allow for marginal note-taking.
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Packed with real-world examples, SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK: CONCISE, 4e delivers a practical yet succinct introduction to effective workplace writing for a variety of communication tasks. Based on the market-leading SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK, 10e, the CONCISE edition covers the most essential skills for effective workplace communication. The text begins with writing basics, emphasizing the characteristics of effective writing, the writing process, ethics, and the importance of audience. It covers basic business correspondence, walks students through formatting letters for a variety of business situations, and features a step-by-step chapter on getting a job. More advanced chapters focus on document design and visuals, writing instructions and procedures, writing reports, proposals, and making business presentations. The Fourth Edition emphasizes ethical considerations throughout as well as integrates guidelines for greening the workplace. In addition, its contemporary, open, and user-friendly design includes a wide trim size to allow for marginal note-taking.
Chapter 2 “The Writing Process and Collaboration at Work” discusses the latest business communication technology, including current examples of online collaborative drafting/editing.
Chapter 5 “How to Get a Job: Searches, Networking, Dossiers, Portfolios, Webfolios, Résumés, Letters, Interviews, and Transitioning to a Civilian Job” offers comprehensive coverage of today's extremely competitive and shrinking job markets. Expansive coverage is devoted to assessing skills and interests and the preparation of job search materials. Sections on portfolios and webfolios are completely up to date, while coverage of online resumes includes current guidelines, examples, and new formats. The chapter also provides insight into writing a letter requesting a recommendation and additional information on finding salary ranges for a student's career choice.
Chapter 3 “E-Communications at Work” includes sections on writing and formatting business blogs and writing IMs in the workplace. It also offers guidelines, figures, and important advice on preparing e-documents clearly and ethically-and keeping them in line with corporate culture.
Ethics and business writing are emphasized throughout, starting with an expansive section on the ethical requirements employees are expected to follow and ways of fulfilling that obligation through their work as writers. Additional commentary on ethics can be found in sections on developing visuals (Chapter 6), preparing for a job (Chapter 5), and writing proposals (chapter 8).
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