This paper details an assignment sequence that requires graduate students in an applied communication program to identify problems that clients may not be aware of. Good writing and good problem-solving are "inextricably linked to [a student's] ability to frame an issue, gather, and analyze information, and to structure a helpful response" (Musso,…

Describes the components and teaching procedures that constitute a semester course in business writing at a university. (RL)

Describes a course designed to teach written business communications in a simulated business environment. Summarizes student response to the course. (AEA)

Describes a business writing course at Purdue University that requires students to read business publications, produce a newsletter, and compose an annual report. (KS)

Discusses the merits of doing institutional research with a business writing class and outlines the process for completing such a project. (AEA)

Illustrates how business communication courses fit into tertiary business studies programs generally and recounts the evolution of such courses at Nepean College of Advanced Education in Sydney, Australia. (AEA)

Describes the structure and content of a course in business and technical writing offered in the workplace. (AEA)

Outlines a basic writing skills course and provides statistics drawn from an existing course at San Diego State University concerning students' performance in the areas of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. (FL)

Describes the writing assignments and general philosophy of the basic course at Georgia Tech. (KS)

Describes the development of a course in organizational, as opposed to business, writing and its advantages and disadvantages. (AEA)

Describes a unit of instruction that involves the rhetorical situation of an in-class corporation to give students experience in abstract and report writing. (AEA)

Presents guidelines for teaching grammar and business communication theory and principles in a basic course in business-letter writing. (KS)

Presents outlines and objectives of two inservice, eight-week seminars on effective writing and oral presentation designed for an engineering firm. (AEA)