As part of the Prentice Hall’s popular NetEffect series, Communication for the Workplace, 3rd Edition focuses on the fundamentals of written communication: good sentence structure, accurate punctuation, and effective mechanics and spelling. This book discusses basic problems in written communication and encourages readers to develop their writing skills using a developmental, or step-by-step approach. Using a text-workbook format, it helps users progress from a novice level of writing to a stage where they are confident in composing. Refresh readers’ knowledge of basic English grammar and provide an easy-to-use reference for future writing activities. Contain over twenty exercises relating to specific composing deficiencies. Provide practice in areas that can be problematic, such as writing in complete thoughts, changing verb tense, and misplacing modifiers. Reinforce basic English skills by providing practice identifying and correcting sample memos, emails, reports and other business-related documents. Throughout the book, an abundance of business writing samples, activities and cases are highlighted and relate to a variety of fields such as banking, telecommunications, real estate, health care and more!
This hands-on text/workbook is designed to help students develop the basic English skills that are essential to write effective business correspondence, to recognize language errors, and to develop decision-making and problem-solving skills. Its step-by-step focus and unique industry-specific format encourages students to review, reinforce, and apply their knowledge in situations that relate directly to the workplace.