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BUS 217  Business Communications and Report Writing

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7.

COURSE OUTLINE*

 

Pretest and Review of Pretest

2 hours

 

Chapter 1:

Communicating at Work

2 hours

 

Chapter 2:

Communicating in Small Groups and Teams  

2 hours

 

Chapter 3:

Workplace Listening and Nonverbal Communication

2 hours

 

Chapter 4: Communicating Across Cultures

2 hours

 

Test - Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4

1 hour

 

Chapter 12

Preparing to Write Business Reports

2 hours

Chapter 13:

Organizing and Writing Typical Business Reports

2 hours

 

Chapter 14:

Proposals and Formal Reports

2 hours

 

Test - Chapters 12, 13, and 14

1 hour

 

Chapter 5:

Preparing to Write Business Messages

2 hours

 

Chapter 6:

Organizing and Writing Business Messages

2 hours

 

Chapter 7:

Revising Business Messages

2 hours

 

Test - Chapters 5, 6, and 7

1 hour

 

Chapter 8:

Routine Letters and Goodwill Messages

2 hours

 

Chapter 9:

Routine Memos and E-Mail Messages

2 hours

 

Chapter 10:

Persuasive and Sales Messages

2 hours

 

Chapter 11:

Negative Messages

2 hours

 

Test - Chapters  8, 9, 10, and 11

1 hour 

 

Chapter 15:

Speaking Skills

2 hours

 

Chapter 16:

Employment Communication

2 hours

 

                        Instruction on Use of PowerPoint

3 hours

 

                        Oral PowerPoint Presentation by Student 

4 hours

 

Total Hours

45 hours