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MBA Students' Workplace Writing: Implications for Business Writing Pedagogy and Workplace Practice
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Lentz, Paula – Business Communication Quarterly, 2013
Employers frequently complain about the state of their employees' writing skills. Much of the current research on this subject explores workplace writing skills from the employer's perspective. However, this article examines workplace writing from the employees' perspective. Specifically, it analyzes MBA students' responses to a course assignment…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Business Communication, Writing Skills, Employee Attitudes
Plagiarism: Punish or Prevent? Some Experiences with Academic Copycatting in the Netherlands
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den Ouden, Hanny; van Wijk, Carel – Business Communication Quarterly, 2011
Students write papers in many of their courses to improve their writing skills and to foster an active attitude toward learning. Every year, they hand in hundreds of papers for teachers to assess. This stream may get polluted in two ways: by simple copying from Internet sources and by the exchange of text fragments between students. These…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Plagiarism, Cheating
Lester Crane: Getting Approvals After the Fact.
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Schaub, Mark F. – Business Communication Quarterly, 1998
Presents a case study for use in business communication classes to help students understand and learn both the context and the strategies for communication with business and management. Discusses planning required to do business (selling speciality construction cranes) in the Middle East. Includes some correspondence and two assignments. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Class Activities, Foreign Countries
L. A. Skills: Negotiating to Conduct Business in China.
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Beamer, Linda – Business Communication Quarterly, 1998
Presents a case study for use in business communication classes to help students understand and learn both the context and the strategies for communication with business and management. Deals with a Los Angeles firm's attempt to expeditiously negotiate entrance of business into China, and discusses miscommunications on both sides. Includes five…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Class Activities, Cultural Awareness
Integrating Financial Analysis into Presentations
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Saatci, Elizabeth – Business Communication Quarterly, 2004
Assignments that combine case studies with applied research can work for presentations as well as for written reports. One such assignment that has proven to be successful both in the author's classes and later in the students' professional lives is based on (1) incorporating banking concepts and encouraging their use in presentations; (2)…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Hypermedia, Multimedia Materials, Intermode Differences
A Collaborative Online Project between New Zealand and New York
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Sokuvitz, Sydel; Zhu, Yunxia; Gareis, Elisabeth; Bazzoni, Jana O'Keefe; Rolland, Deborah – Business Communication Quarterly, 2005
Two online collaborative assignments that connected students in courses at Unitec, New Zealand, and Baruch College, City University of New York, are the focus of this article. For the first assignment, small, blended groups used five different online techniques to explore topics being discussed in an intercultural communication course at each…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Intercultural Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Team Training