Business and Organizational Writing

The goal of this course is to develop students¿ ability to communicate both within and outside of a business or other organization as both members and managers, including the ability to communicate in the organization¿s voice. The course will emphasize the creation of traditional documents such as the memo, business letter, email message, request, reply, proposal, progress report, and major business report so as to inform and persuade. Students also will develop the ability to analyze such documents for the accuracy and integrity of their content. Finally, students will learn the basics of creating documents ready for presentation in the form of digital media.