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Halpern, Jeanne W. – Journal of Business Communication, 1981
Shows how to teach the six writing processes on-the-job writers will need: invention; adaptation for audience, clarification of purpose, organization, control of voice or persona, and polishing. Processes are based on an informal survey of 125 writers in business, industry and government. Provides teaching methods and application. (PD)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Correspondence, College Students, Surveys
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Walters, Margaret; Hunter, Susan; Giddens, Elizabeth – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007
This article examines the experiences of advanced students and of graduates in a nontraditional MA in professional writing program to discover how faculty may assure student success in professional writing occupations. The study investigates the knowledge domains and habits of mind that foster student success in writing. The research is the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, College Students, Writing Achievement, Writing (Composition)
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Jacobs, Geert; Opdenacker, Liesbeth; Waes, Luuk Van – Business Communication Quarterly, 2005
An online writing center developed at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, called Calliope, provides a modular platform aimed at enhancing learners' professional writing skills in five different languages: Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish. It supports courses in business and technical communication. The current version includes modules…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, French