Rules of Thumb for Business Writers, Second Edition

Rules of Thumb for Business Writers, Second Edition
By Diana Roberts Wienbroer, Elaine Hughes, Jay Silverman
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2005-03-21
ISBN-10 : 0071457577
ISBN-13: 9780071457576


Rules of Thumb for Business Writers offers busy professionals solutions to most on-the-job writing challenges. Brief, to-the-point chapters cover all the basics, including reports, resumes, speeches, memos, letters, and PowerPoint, with tips for meeting deadlines and managing paper flow. This edition contains new information on Internet research and communications technology, with examples, sample documents, and a resource list.

The authors have tried to make Rules of Thumb for Business Writers easy to use — brief and readable, covering the main writing problems that give trouble to most businesspeople. You can read it out of order, in small doses, to find what you want when you need to solve a specific writing problem, whether in the office, on the job, or at home. In this second edition, the authors have added guidelines for creating websites, evaluating material on the Internet, using PowerPoint and Microsoft Word, and controlling paper flow.