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Whalen, D. Joel – Business Communication Quarterly, 2010
The "My Favorite Assignment" Session at the 2009 Association for Business Communication (ABC) annual convention in Portsmouth, Virginia, featured over a dozen teachers sharing pedagogical innovations in a fast-paced, 4-minute format designed by Dan Dietrich. The wide variety of ideas and techniques presented makes these sessions popular…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Business Communication, Conference Papers, Course Descriptions
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Addams, H. Lon; Woodbury, Denise; Allred, Tony; Addams, Joel – Business Communication Quarterly, 2010
Business writing instructors work diligently at raising the level of student writing performance in business communication classes. Some students, however, need additional motivation to apply writing concepts and perform to their highest level. Typically, business students are confronted with hypothetical writing situations, such as claim letters,…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Business Communication, Nonprofit Organizations, Communication Skills
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Seifert, Christine – Business Communication Quarterly, 2009
This paper details an assignment sequence that requires graduate students in an applied communication program to identify problems that clients may not be aware of. Good writing and good problem-solving are "inextricably linked to [a student's] ability to frame an issue, gather, and analyze information, and to structure a helpful response" (Musso,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Problem Solving, Writing Instruction, Technical Writing