Writers at work - Linda Flower

Appropriate as a primary text for business communication and professional writing, Writers at Work presents key strategies for writing and speaking in a variety of professionsal settings. Efficient design and a practical approach emphasize the need to effectively evaluate and thrive in new rhetorical situations, and emphasis of ethical decision making and collaborative writing are evident throughout. Features: * Treats business writing as a problem-solving process within a changing social context. * Presents research-based problem-solving strategies for writing and collaborative work. * Includes coverage of brainstorming, problem-analysis, issue trees, writer-based prose, diagnosis and revision. * An integrated focus on ethical decision making adds realinsm to the problem-solving approach to communication. * Scenarios provide teaching structure for new instructor's and assistants. * Preview boxes cover major strategies and provide a mini table of contents.