Business communications
E J G Wilson (Summer) * L Wilkins (Second semester)
6 points * Summer semester - scholarship stream only * Second semester * Clayton * Prohibitions: CSC1040, CSC1050, SYS2204
Communication as a skill. Written communication with an emphasis on business documents. Document construction, content and layout. Different types of documents. Verbal communication skills, including public speaking, interviewing, one-to-one communications. Personality types, different responses to different personalities. Managing working with difficult people.
Assessment
Written: 70% * Seminar participation and presentations: 30%
Prescribed texts (Second semester)
Dwyer J The business communication handbook 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1993
Recommended texts (Second semester)
Beisler F and others Communication skills 2nd edn, Longman, 1993
Huckin T N and Olsen L A Technical writing and professional communication for non-native speakers of English McGraw-Hill, 1991
Recommended texts (Summer)
Neman B Writing effectively 2nd edn, Harper and Row, 1989