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Arthur Asa Berger - San Francisco State University, USA

Volume: 9

Series:
Survival Skills for Scholars

Other Titles in:
Post-Graduate Study Skills

96 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This brief, practical guide illustrates the most common kinds of business correspondence that a university professor is required to produce and offers useful advice to make these communications as effective as possible. The author also offers general suggestions on effective writing, including brainstorming and collaborating, persuasion, outlining and revising, and designing documents.

PART ONE: MEMOS, LETTERS, REPORTS, AND PROPOSALS

How to Write Better Memos

How to Write Effective Letters

Writing Reports

Proposals That Work

PART TWO: WRITING EFFECTIVE BUSINESS DOCUMENTS

Readable Writing

Developing Creative Ideas

The Process of Writing

Layout and Design

Conclusion

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Arthur Asa Berger

Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University, where he taught between 1965 and 2003. He has published more than 100 articles, numerous book reviews, and more than 60 books. Among his latest books are the third edition of Media and Communication Research Methods: An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (2013), The Academic Writer’s Toolkit: A User’s Manual (2008), What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture (2009), Bali Tourism (2013), Tourism in Japan: An Ethno-Semiotic Analysis (2010), The Culture Theorist’s Book of Quotations (2010),... More About Author