Harty, Kevin J.,

Strategies for business and technical writing / Kevin J. Harty. - Sixth edition. - x, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Process as well as product -- Using PAFEO Planning / The Writing Process / Evaluating and Testing as Tou Revise / The Composing Process of An Engineer / Problems with Language -- Gobbledygook / What Do You Mean You Don't Like My Style? / Clear Writing Means Clear Thinking Means / A Guide to Nonsexist Language / International Communication and Language / Business and Technical correspondence -- The Importance of Memos, Letters, and E-mail / Making Your Correspondence Get Results / I Have Some Bad News for You / How to Use Bottom-Line Writing in Corporate Communications / Reports and other longer documents -- Audience Analysis: The Problem and a Solution / What Experienced Collaborators Say About Collaborative Writing / Ten Report Writing Pitfalls: How to Avoid Them / A Pixel (Picture) Is Worth a Thousand Words / How to Lie with Statistics / Strategies of Persuasion / Determining the Ethics of Style / Resumes and other written materials for a job search -- Writing Resumes and Letters in the Language of Employers / The Basics of a Cover Letter / Writing Resumes / Resume Formats / Follow-Up Letters / John Keenan -- Michael E. Adelstein -- Linda Flower, John Ackerman -- Jack Selzer -- Stuart Chase -- John S. Fielden -- Marvin H. Swift -- University of Wisconsin-Extension Equal Opportunities Program Office and Department of Agricultural Journalism -- Gwyneth Oloffson -- Sharon J. Gerson, Steven M. Gerson -- David V. Lewis -- Allan A. Glatthorn -- John S. Fielden, Ronald E. Dulek -- J. C. Mathes, Dwight W. Stevenson -- Nancy Allen, Dianne Atkinson, Meg Morgan, Teresa Moore, Craig Snow -- Vincent Vinci -- Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts -- Darrell Huff -- David W. Ewing -- Dan Jones -- John L. Munschauer -- Steven Graber -- Diana C. Reep -- Matthew Yate -- Karl Weber Rob Kaplan. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5.

020556206X 9780205562060

2007043464


Commercial correspondence.
Business report writing.
Technical writing

HF5721 / .H37 2008

808.06665