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This respected market-leading text offers students a comprehensive, practical introduction to workplace writing to prepare them for a range of communication tasks. SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK, 10E, International Edition features an abundance of real-world examples and problems as well as an accessible writing style and detailed guidelines for planning, drafting, revising, editing, and producing professional documents and graphics. Students are presented with topics in four logically sequenced sections, beginning with basic business communications and proceeding to conducting research, documenting sources, and handling more advanced tasks such as reports, proposals, and oral presentations. With each new task, students learn to become effective problem solvers at work, to understand their audience, and to select the best communication tools to accomplish their goals.
List of contents
1. Getting Started: Writing and Your Career.
2. The Writing Process at Work.
3. Collaborative Writing and Meetings at Work.
4. Writing Routine Business Correspondence: Memos, Faxes, Emails, IMs and Blogs.
5. Writing Letters: Some Basics for Communicating with Audiences Worldwide.
6. Types of Business Letters.
7. How to Get a Job: Searches, Dossiers, Portfolios, Resumes, Letters and Interviews.
8. Doing Research and Documentation on the Job.
9. Summarizing Information at Work.
10. Designing Clear Visuals.
11. Designing Successful Documents and Websites.
12. Writing Instructions and Procedures.
13. Writing Winning Proposals.
14. Writing Effective Short Reports.
15. Writing Careful Long Reports.
16. Making Successful Presentations at Work.
About the author
Philip C. Kolin is the University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Southern Mississippi, where for 40 years he has taught courses in composition, business and technical writing, literature and research methods. He has extensive experience as an editor of several scholarly journals, including the Southern Quarterly, which he edited for nearly a decade. He is also co-founder of STUDIES IN AMERICAN DRAMA (1945–PRESENT). He received the Conference of Learned Journals award for the best new journal. In addition, he was named Southern Mississippi's first Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. Dr. Kolin has published almost 40 books and 250 scholarly articles covering a variety of subjects, including writing, drama, linguistics and popular culture. He also has written an award-winning book on professional writing for nurses as well as articles on writing for lawyers and other professionals. Dr. Kolin is a poet who has published 12 collections of his poetry and co-edited three volumes of eco-poetry on Katrina, the Mississippi River and the moon. Over the years, he has conducted workshops on technical business writing, the publication process and managing professional communications. He received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Summary
This respected market-leading text offers students a comprehensive, practical introduction to workplace writing to prepare them for a range of communication tasks. SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK, 10E, International Edition features an abundance of real-world examples and problems as well as an accessible writing style and detailed guidelines for planning, drafting, revising, editing, and producing professional documents and graphics. Students are presented with topics in four logically sequenced sections, beginning with basic business communications and proceeding to conducting research, documenting sources, and handling more advanced tasks such as reports, proposals, and oral presentations. With each new task, students learn to become effective problem solvers at work, to understand their audience, and to select the best communication tools to accomplish their goals.
