Business Writing: Introduction
Business Writing is a type of professional communication that focuses on documents necessary for a business or professional organization to communicate effectively both within the organization and outside of the organization. In the last twenty years, two important ideas have developed that help professionals compose effective workplace writing:
- Rhetorical awareness
- User-centered design (also known as the reader-centered approach).
The idea of rhetorical awareness within workplace writing includes the following concepts:
1. Workplace writing is persuasive.
2. Workplace writing, since it's persuasive, must consider the rhetorical situation:
Published on Aug 18, 2013
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The idea of user-centered design includes the following concepts:
1. Always consider and think about your audience.
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