The Business Writer's Companion/Spiral - Softcover

Brusaw, Charles; Alred, Gerald J.; Oliu, Walter E.

9780312057343: The Business Writer's Companion/Spiral

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312057342 ISBN 13: 9780312057343

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1993

More than just a guide, The Business Writer’s Handbook places writing in a real-world context with quick and easy access to hundreds of business writing topics and scores of sample documents. Its dedicated author team – with decades of combined academic and professional experience – has crafted the essential reference tool for students and professionals alike, with extensive coverage of grammar, usage, and style. Always anticipating the needs of today’s business writers, the book features up-to-date coverage of workplace technology, including the latest types of writing for the Web and advice on repurposing content for multiple aims, audiences, and media. An integrated companion Web site works with the text to offer additional resources and models reflecting the authors’ trademark clarity.

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Review:

""The Business Writer's Handbook" is a 'keeper.' Students can use it for years after they graduate, and I think that many of them do."--Linda Van Buskirk, Cornell University ""The Business Writer's Handbook" is an excellent reference that students can use throughout their academic career and beyond. I intend to recommend this text to my students and to the executives I work with as a consultant."--Anne Greenhalgh, University of Pennsylvania "This is the best business writing handbook that I have seen. Ever since a colleague showed me "The Business Writer's Handbook," I have not even been tempted by another handbook."--William Allegrezza, Indiana University Northwest ""The Business Writer's Handbook" is by far the best on the market."--Stuart Brown, New Mexico State University "The concise grammar explanations are very useful. "The Business Writer's Handbook" provides excellent examples and walks students through some difficult concepts."--Lesley Baker, Tulane University ""The Business Writer's Handbook" meets the skill level and needs of my students. It is a source I encourage them to keep as part of their professional libraries This is the only handbook I've ever considered using, and I've been using it since the first edition."--James R. Stull, San Jose State University "

About the Author:

Gerald J. Alred is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where he teaches courses in the Professional Writing Program. He is author of numerous scholarly articles and several standard bibliographies on business and technical communication, and he is a founding member of the editorial board of the Journal of Business Communication. He is a recipient of the prestigious Jay R. Gould Award for “profound scholarly and textbook contributions to the teaching of business and technical writing.” Charles T. Brusaw served as a faculty member at NCR Corporation’s Management College, where he developed and taught courses in professional writing, editing, and presentation skills for the corporation worldwide. Previously, he worked in advertising technical writing, public relations, and curriculum development. He has been a communications consultant, an invited speaker at academic conferences, and a teacher of business writing at Sinclair Community College. Walter E. Oliu served as Chief of the Publishing Services Branch at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He is a communications consultant in the Washington, D.C. area and has taught at Miami University of Ohio, Slippery Rock State University, Montgomery College, and George Mason University.

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