Communicating for Results: A Canadian Student's Guide - Softcover

Meyer, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195428528 ISBN 13: 9780195428520

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

In today's fast-paced, multi-tasking work environments, successful communication means more than getting the message across: it means getting noticed and getting results. Communicating for Results: A Canadian Student's Guide offers practical, classroom-tested instruction not only in grammar
but in the rhetorical techniques and persuasive strategies that students need to become effective writers and speakers. Its hands-on, skills-based approach uses models, organizational plans, workshops, discussion forums, quick-reference guides, and checklists to simplify the writing process while
banishing writer's block and easing fears about public speaking. A bonus CD packaged with the text features an invaluable package of additional resources, including information on and examples of informational and analytical reports and 26 full-text models of different kinds of professional
communication. Designed to make effective communication achievable in even the most demanding workplace environment, Communicating for Results is equally suitable for classroom use and personal desktop reference.

About this title

About the Author

Carolyn Meyer (BA, MA, PhD) has taught Expository Writing, Professional Writing and Literature, and Business Writing at Mount Allison University, the University of Toronto, McMaster University, George Brown College, Seneca College, and the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. She is a recipient of the School of Continuing Studies Excellence in Teaching Award. She is currently teaching business writing at Ryerson University.

Review

"There are many useful activities for students as well as numerous opportunities to examine and rhetorically analyze examples of both effective and ineffective writing. It is also well informed by the theories of writing in general and the practice of business writing in particular." --Lyn Bennett, Dalhousie University

"A clear, concise, and complete look at the major topics within business communication." --Sonia Perna, SAIT Polytechnic

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195428528
• ISBN 13: 9780195428520
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448