Strategies for business and technical writing
Book - 2011
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- Published
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Boston :
Longman
c2011.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 7th ed
- Physical Description
- xiii, 338 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780205741915
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1. 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
- Part 2. 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
- Part 3. 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
- Part 4. 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
- Part 5. 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