Preparing Business Students for Real‐world Writing

Abstract

Employers today complain that college graduates are not sufficiently prepared, in terms of their writing skills/business communication for work in the business environment. Looks at the inadequacies of courses, examining both the traditional and non‐traditional approaches to teaching business writing. Concludes with a number of suggestions for improving the preparation of students for the corporate workplace, for example “situational” writing tasks; collaborate assignments; real‐world job titles; integrated assignments; grammar and punctuation; and writing under pressure of time.

Citation

Thomas, S.G. (1994), "Preparing Business Students for Real‐world Writing", Education + Training, Vol. 36 No. 6, pp. 11-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400919410065993