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

Meyer, Carolyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195431642 ISBN 13: 9780195431643

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Designed to equip students with the skills for effective business communication, Communicating for Results offers practical, classroom-tested instruction not just in grammar but in the rhetorical techniques and persuasive strategies that students need to become effective writers and speakers. Supplemented with abundant group and individual activities to reinforce key principles and help students hone their skills, this invaluable text will teach students to communicate with confidence.

About this title

About the Author

Carolyn Meyer is an assistant professor in Ryerson University's Department of Professional Communication. Outside Ryerson she has taught English and professional communication at the University of Toronto, Seneca College, George Brown College, and Mount Allison University. She has also presented a range of courses and onsite workshops in professional communication at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies and is the recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Toronto.

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: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0195431642
• ISBN 13: 9780195431643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 500