Gerald J. Alred Libros

From formal reports to everyday e-mails, this handbook uses smart, accessible language to spotlight and clarify the ways we write today. Hundreds of topic entries, 90+ sample documents, at-a-glance checklists, and dynamic videos break down the best-practices, models, and real-world skills that successful writers use to communicate clearly and persuasively. Updated, in-depth treatment of pressing issues like the job search, the writing process, documenting sources, and social media resonates both in class and on the job, while alphabetical organization makes it easy to navigate its extensive coverage of grammar, usage, and style. With a refreshed, integrated focus on the ways technologies shape writing, the new edition is an essential reference tool for writing successfully in the workplace.

From formal reports to everyday e-mails, this handbook uses smart, accessible language to spotlight and clarify the ways we write today.

[The book] is designed for students of varied academic backgrounds and occupational interests whose jobs will, or already do, require writing skills. Each chapter provides examples drawn from a wide range of occupations, as well as structured exercises and writing assignments.... This text is inclusive enough to serve as a reference tool for the student long after the course is over, since no course can cover all the writing concerns students will encounter once they are actually on the job. -Pref.