Background The School of Business emphasizes effective communication skills. Students complete four credits of business communication and receive additional instruction through integrated communication projects in upper-division School of Business courses.
Students learn to select, introduce, present, and explain visuals in business reports.
Students write a business report. Many students use the word processing software available on campus to prepare the text of the report. Although students learned how to create spreadsheets and generate graphics in the required introductory MIS course, many do not know how to generate graphics in one software package and input them into another. Other students limit the number or choose not to use visuals because they lack the necessary technical skills to efficiently and effectively integrate the word processed document with the visuals. Proposal Students need instruction to apply the competencies developed through personal use and course work to the report writing assignment.