BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Description
Assessing your thoughts on the level of writing skills needed in
today’s high-tech communication environment
Respond to the following six statements by thoroughly expressing your opinion as to whether the statement is correct, and give reasons for your position. Follow the instructions in the syllabus to get full credit. Respond by posting your Word document as an attachment in Canvas, as appropriate, before or on the due date. Before responding, you may want to read chapter 1 in the textbook.
You do not have to re-write the items below, although it may be a helpful reminder as you respond. Make sure your name is at the top, as well as the date this assignment is due, the date you submitted, the course number, and section. The heading is single spaced with 1.0 line spacing, set spacing for no space after or before a paragraph, the body is single spaced with 1.5 line spacing, 0.8” margins all around, no space either before or after a paragraph. Note that on the heading, you may have to use the line spacing icon to remove an extra space before or after a paragraph since that’s a default setting in Word. Use 12 point sans serif typeface on this assignment. Number your answers.
A typical header format should look something like this for all assignments, except this Canvas tool may make it look like there is space between the lines in this sample header and you don’t want spaces between header lines:
Assignment 1: Discovering What Has and Has Not Changed in Digital Era Business Communications
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Few people actually write any more. They simply send e-mails and text or use social media tools.
Professionals in technical roles use primarily numbers rather than words.
When I’m a supervisor, office administrative staff will fix my writing errors.
Very good word processing tools can find and fix any errors I make.
In today’s world, technical writers do most of the actual writing in the business environment.
Most of what I put on paper or in the computer is on forms or templates, eliminating the need for me to compose reports.
