Exercises include some basic linguistic analysis. A practicum in the kinds of writing skills that managers need for the workplace. Communication skills emphasized include planning information, developing reader-based prose, improving personal writing performance and guiding the writing of subordinates, and mastering such writing tasks as strategic plans and performance appraisals. Students for whom English is a second language should consider taking COMM 393X instead. The writing of technical papers and reports.
Instruction focuses on building skills in critical thinking, research, and document design.
Enrollment restricted to students for whom English is a second language. The writing of technical papers and reports. Instruction focuses on building skills in critical thinking, research, and document design. An introduction to the various dimensions of effective business communication. Issues of purpose, audience, and style are covered.