Business Writing
This course attempted to teach students to understand the purposes and processes of communication in business and industry. We were tasked with various writing assignments that analyzed effective and ineffective business communication, while simultaneously preparing documents that were appropriate for and that appealed to various audiences. Several of our assignments asked us to balance visual and verbal elements of communication in documents as well.
Unsolicited Internal Proposal
Summary: This assignment was intended to provide practice writing persuasive messages, specifically, an informal but somewhat detailed and complex, unsolicited internal proposal. For each written piece in this course, we were given a prompt and a backstory, so that when writing we could include details specific to the work environment and company we supposedly were employed by. In the scenario for this assignment, we were tasked with suggesting that our company, Snark Tees, hire E-Commerce Solutions to produce and install an upgraded Internet store. Our comprehensive, written presentation had to include two visual aids.
Reflection: This project was the last of many business writing samples I created throughout this course. Although much of the information in the proposal was provided as part of the given scenario, it was still a challenge figuring out how best to include the information. One of the biggest things I learned during this course was how to effectively and efficiently convey information in written form. When it comes to effective business writing, it is imperative that the work is direct, and sometimes requires a firm tone. During the development of this proposal, I faced numerous challenges discerning how best to explain my recommendation without repeating myself. Ultimately, this has become one of the pieces I am most proud of creating during my time in the RPW program. I received high marks on this paper, and have found that this piece appropriately displays my writing abilities.
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Other examples of writing assignments I completed for this course can be found below. A link to the original assignment sheet and a PDF copy of my work are included for each assignment listed.