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Writing CommonsCourses OverviewCoursesWorkplace Writing*

Workplace Writing*

  • Created by
  •  Joseph M. Moxley
  •  Julie Staggers

Course Parts:

  1. Professional Writing Syllabus, Fall 2021
  2. Professional Writing Syllabus*, Spring 2021
  3. Schedule for Professional Writing, Spring 2021

Assigned Projects:

  1. Heuristic for The Infographic Project
  2. Heuristic Exercise for The Document Makeover
  3. Empirical Research Exercise
  4. Textual Research Summaries Exercise*
  5. Problem Definition Assignment
  6. Pitch Assignment
  7. Project Completion Memo (Document Makeover)
  8. Professional Writing Guidelines for the Document Makeover
  9. Document Makeover
  10. Memo on Design Choices
  11. Rhetorical Analysis Memo for The Infographic Project
  12. Final Course Reflection
  13. The Infographic Project
  14. Team Evaluation Memo
  15. Recommendation Report Assignment
  16. Progress Report Assignment
  17. Research Proposal Assignment
  18. Team Charter Exercise
  19. Consulting Simulation
  20. Rhetorical Analysis Memo (Document Makeover)

Workplace Writing refers to

  • the texts and composing processes employees produce in workplace contexts
  • a syllabus, a course of study, a curriculum, commonly required of undergraduate students in the U.S. higher education system
  • a style of writing that focuses on succinctness, design, and visual language:
    • Technical Writing Prose Style*

*Alternative Titles: Workplace Writing may also be referred to as

  • Writing in the Disciplines
  • Professional Writing
  • Technical Writing.

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  • An Overview of Professional and Technical Communication
  • Styles of Writing
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