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Business Writing Today
A Practical Guide
Fourth Edition
September 2022 | 328 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Business Writing Today: A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition prepares students to succeed in the business world by giving them the tools they need to write powerfully, no matter the challenge. In this highly-practical text, author Natalie Canavor shares step-by-step guidance and tips for writing more clearly and strategically. Readers will learn what to say and how to say it in any medium from tweets and emails to proposals and formal reports. Every technique comes with concrete examples and practice opportunities, helping students transfer their writing skills to the workplace.
PART I • HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN WRITING
Chapter 1 • Business Writing Today—and You
Chapter 2 • How to Build Successful Messages
Chapter 3 • Strategize Your Messaging
PART II • SHARPEN AND IMPROVE YOUR WRITING
Chapter 4 • Create the First Draft
Chapter 5 • Edit and Sharpen Your Writing
Chapter 6 • Use the Techniques of Persuasion
PART III • THE BASICS OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
Chapter 7 • Connect With Everyday Messages
Chapter 8 • Writing Letters and More Formal Messages
Chapter 9 • Creating Strong Business Materials
PART IV • WRITING FOR ONLINE AND SPOKEN MEDIA
Chapter 10 • Using the Digital World Strategically
Chapter 11 • Leverage Your Writing Skills for Spoken and Visual Media
PART V • INTO THE FUTURE
Chapter 12 • Win Your Opportunities: Writing for the Hunt
A comprehensive textbook on workplace writing that bridges student's previous learning about rhetoric from a first-year writing class with workplace contexts. Lots of stylistic tips and tricks as well as considerations from industry experts. Attention to several key workplace genres including emails, reports, cover letters, etc. as well as general skills like storytelling, formatting, and stylistic concerns.
Marquette University
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Concise, practical, and accessible.
Marywood University
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One-stop shopping for introductory business writing topics, with plenty of useful ideas for practice and assignments.
DePauw University
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A slim volume packed with value for all levels of undergraduates that goes beyond the typical bcom topics to include areas of growth
such as persuasion.
St. Petersburg College
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