Successful Writing at Work: Concise Edition

This user-friendly, compact text emphasizes the most necessary, useful skills and strategies for successful workplace writing. Based on the successful parent text, Successful Writing at Work, 7/e, the Concise edition maintains a practical approach, an abundance of realistic situations and problems, real-world examples, and detailed guidelines for drafting, editing, and producing professional documents and graphics.

Table of Contents:
Note: Each chapter concludes with a Revision Checklist and Exercises. I. Backgrounds 1. Getting Started: Writing and Your Career Four Keys to Effective Writing Characteristics of Job-Related Writing Ethical Writing in the Workplace 2. The Writing Process at Work What Writing Is Not and Is Researching Planning Drafting Revising Editing Collaborative Writing and the Writing Process II. Correspondence 3. Writing Memos, Faxes, and E-Mails What Memos, Faxes, and E-Mails Have in Common Memos Faxes E-Mails 4. Writing Letters Letters in the Age of the Internet Letter Formats Guidelines on Printing Your Letter Parts of a Letter Making a Good Impression on Your Reader Types of Business Letters Inquiry Letters Special Request Letters Sales Letters Customer Relations Letters Writing for International Readers 5. How to Get a Job: Résumés, Letters, Applications, and Interviews Steps the Employer Takes to Hire Steps to Follow to Get Hired Analyzing Your Strengths Looking in the Right Places for a Job Preparing a Résumé Letters of Application Filling Out a Job Application Going to an Interview III. Preparing Documents and Visuals 6. Designing Successful Documents, Visuals, and Web Sites Organizing Information Visually The ABCs of Print Document Design The Purpose of Visuals Two Categories of Visuals Designing a Web Site 7. Writing Instructions and Procedures Instructions and Your Job Why Instructions Are Important Overview of the Variety of Instructions and Your Audience The Process of Writing Instructions Using the Right Style Using Visuals Effectively The Five Parts of Instructions Model of Full Set of Instructions Writing Procedures for Policies and Regulations 8. Writing Effective Short Reports and Proposals Why Short Reports Are Important Short Report Types and Writing Guidelines Sales Reports Progress Reports Travel Reports Incident Reports Writing Successful Proposals Internal Proposals Sales Proposals 9. Writing Careful Long Reports Characteristics of a Long Report The Process of Writing a Long Report Parts of a Long Report Documentation A Model Long Report 10. Making Successful Presentations at Work Types of Presentations Informal Briefings Formal Presentations Analyzing Your Audience The Parts of Formal Presentations Using Visuals Rehearsing and Delivering Presentations Evaluating Presentations A Writer's Brief Guide to Paragraphs, Sentences, and Words Paragraphs Sentences Words Proofreading Marks

About the Author :
Philip C. Kolin is the University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Southern Mississippi, where for 40 years he has taught courses in composition, business and technical writing, literature and research methods. He has extensive experience as an editor of several scholarly journals, including the Southern Quarterly, which he edited for nearly a decade. He is also co-founder of STUDIES IN AMERICAN DRAMA (1945–PRESENT). He received the Conference of Learned Journals award for the best new journal. In addition, he was named Southern Mississippi's first Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. Dr. Kolin has published almost 40 books and 250 scholarly articles covering a variety of subjects, including writing, drama, linguistics and popular culture. He also has written an award-winning book on professional writing for nurses as well as articles on writing for lawyers and other professionals. Dr. Kolin is a poet who has published 12 collections of his poetry and co-edited three volumes of eco-poetry on Katrina, the Mississippi River and the moon. Over the years, he has conducted workshops on technical business writing, the publication process and managing professional communications. He received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

Review :
Note: Each chapter concludes with a Revision Checklist and Exercises. I. Backgrounds 1. Getting Started: Writing and Your Career Four Keys to Effective Writing Characteristics of Job-Related Writing Ethical Writing in the Workplace 2. The Writing Process at Work What Writing Is Not and Is Researching Planning Drafting Revising Editing Collaborative Writing and the Writing Process II. Correspondence 3. Writing Memos, Faxes, and E-Mails What Memos, Faxes, and E-Mails Have in Common Memos Faxes E-Mails 4. Writing Letters Letters in the Age of the Internet Letter Formats Guidelines on Printing Your Letter Parts of a Letter Making a Good Impression on Your Reader Types of Business Letters Inquiry Letters Special Request Letters Sales Letters Customer Relations Letters Writing for International Readers 5. How to Get a Job: Resumes, Letters, Applications, and Interviews Steps the Employer Takes to Hire Steps to Follow to Get Hired Analyzing Your Strengths Looking in the Right Places for a Job Preparing a Resume Letters of Application Filling Out a Job Application Going to an Interview III. Preparing Documents and Visuals 6. Designing Successful Documents, Visuals, and Web Sites Organizing Information Visually The ABCs of Print Document Design The Purpose of Visuals Two Categories of Visuals Designing a Web Site 7. Writing Instructions and Procedures Instructions and Your Job Why Instructions Are Important Overview of the Variety of Instructions and Your Audience The Process of Writing Instructions Using the Right Style Using Visuals Effectively The Five Parts of Instructions Model of Full Set of Instructions Writing Procedures for Policies and Regulations 8. Writing Effective Short Reports and Proposals Why Short Reports Are Important Short Report Types and Writing Guidelines Sales Reports Progress Reports Travel Reports Incident Reports Writing Successful Proposals Internal Proposals Sales Proposals 9. Writing Careful Long Reports Characteristics of a Long Report The Process of Writing a Long Report Parts of a Long Report Documentation A Model Long Report 10. Making Successful Presentations at Work Types of Presentations Informal Briefings Formal Presentations Analyzing Your Audience The Parts of Formal Presentations Using Visuals Rehearsing and Delivering Presentations Evaluating Presentations A Writer's Brief Guide to Paragraphs, Sentences, and Words Paragraphs Sentences Words Proofreading Marks