Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Hamermesh(1986)
Some articles point out that miscommunication of the written word lead to poor business operating. Mamemesh had been collecting such kind of articles and thinking about how to teach his students. He doubted about the content of his course in business writing because his student seem lack of writing skills when doing jobs. So he invited some business people for interview talking about the business writing skill. From january to April, 1985, he had interviewed dozen of people involve in communication issue. The people's answers suggested that cited conciseness is important quality of effect writing. They also pointed out writing with error free is good quality. Conversational tone is also mentioned by these people. And surprisingly almost all people noted the awareness of audience as a necessary prerequisite to effective written communication. Surprising too was the mention of logical organization. Avice-president from an investment services company said thet it is necessary for writer to understand and express the corporate culture in writing. When ask to write these people took their writting expression seriously. All they were unanimous in citing good writing skills as a prerequisite for advancement in the job. Poor writing skill detract from effectiveness and give a poor image of the company and people now want to improvetheir writing skill because they realize the skill is curcial to achievement in the corporate world. After doing this research, Mamemesh felt that he can more effeciency ttech his students.
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