Strategies for Business and Technical Writing

Name: Strategies for Business and Technical Writing
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ISBN: 9780205741915

ISBN-10: 0205741916

ISBN-13: 9780205741915

Edition: 7th 2011

Authors: Kevin J. Harty

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This unique anthology was created with a simple principle in mind: to offer the best advice from the best sources about the most important issues business and technical writers face every day. Strategies for Business and Technical Writing teaches effective writing for the world of work. Reading selections from seasoned professionals in business, technical, and academic fields provide examples, models, and sound advice for writers at any level. Covering such topics as audience analysis, language use and misuse, writing and revision processes, and the influence of technology on communication in the working world, this book will appeal to both practical-minded students and professionals…

Book details

List price: $51.99
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Publication date: 1/3/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Harty is professor of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia and assocaite editor of Arthuriana, the official journal of the North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society.



Preface


Introduction



Process as well as product


Using PAFEO Planning



The Writing Process



Evaluating and Testing as Tou Revise



The Project Worksheet for Efficient Writing Management



The Composing Process of An Engineer




Problems with Language


Gobbledygook



"What Do You Mean You Don't Like My Style?"



Clear Writing Means Clear Thinking Means...



University of Wisconsin-Extension Equal Opportunities Program Office and Department of Agricultural Journalism: A Guide to Nonsexist Language


International Communication and Language




Business and Technical correspondence


The Importance of Memos, Letters, and E-mail



Making Your Correspondence Get Results



"I Have Some Bad News for You"



How to Use Bottom-Line Writing in Corporate Communications




Reports and other longer documents


Audience Analysis: The Problem and a Solution



What Experienced Collaborators Say About Collaborative Writing



Ten Report Writing Pitfalls: How to Avoid Them



A Pixel (Picture) Is Worth a Thousand Words



How to Lie with Statistics



Strategies of Persuasion



Determining the Ethics of Style




Resumes and other written materials for a job search


Writing Resumes and Letters in the Language of Employers



The Basics of a Cover Letter



Writing Resumes



Resume Formats



Follow- Up Letters



Acknowledgments


Index