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    Workplace Writing: A Handbook for Common Workplace Genres and Professional Writing

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    Anna Goins, Kansas State University

    Cheryl Rauh, Kansas State University

    Danielle Tarner, Kansas State University

    Daniel Von Holten, Kansas State University

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    Last Update: 2024

    ISBN 13: 9781944548001

    Publisher: New Prairie Press

    Language: English

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    Reviewed by Jennifer Lanter, Specialist, University of Texas at Arlington on 5/17/24

    The text is comprehensive and covers the subject in an approachable manner. The index is detailed and helpful. read more

    Table of Contents

    • Foreword: Course Introduction
    • List of Figures
    • Introduction
    • Writing in the Workplace: Common Genres
    • Public Genres
    • Sample Assignments

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    About the Book

    This handbook is designed for a generalized business writing course that seeks to meet the needs of a variety of student majors and career interests. In it you will find: descriptions and discussions of common genres, both routine and formal, print and electronic, and in-class activities and sample assignments. You will also find commentary on how to adapt the writing process to the rhetorical constraints of a workplace as well as how to think about, conduct, and use research outside an academic setting. Throughout you will note a persistent emphasis on audience awareness and direct style

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    Anna Goins, Kansas State University

    Cheryl Rauh, Kansas State University

    Danielle Tarner, Kansas State University

    Daniel Von Holten, Kansas State University

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