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BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
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BMT
260 - Business
Report Writing
Four Quarter Hours
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| PREREQUISITES: None; this course is not open to students enrolled in the Ohio University College of Business. |
| COURSE OVERVIEW: The course is intended for students who need an introduction to business writing in a variety of contexts. Some of the topics covered include letters, proposals, memos, research reports, and resumes, and considerations of audience (including cross-cultural communication), style, tone, and bias in business writing. |
| METHODS OF COURSE INSTRUCTION: All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and students communicate and exchange materials through postal mail. |
| TEXTBOOKS
AND SUPPLIES:
ISBN
039590921X Murdick, William, The Portable Business Writer,
Houghton-Mifflin, 1999
A standard dictionary such as the American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta World Dictionary. A current handbook of English usage is recommended, but not required. A list of suggested titles is included in the course study guide.
...available
from EdMap's distance-learning online
bookstore.
| STUDENTS
ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL
REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE. |
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| LESSONS AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: The course has sixteen lessons, but only fifteen submitted assignments. The submitted assignments are related to the subject of each lesson. These may include review and short analysis, or creation of a memo, letter, proposal, or report. The course has no supervised examinations. |
| GRADING CRITERIA: Assignments deal with both format and content of business documents, and each is weighted in the grading. Grammar and spelling are considered, as well as how well students have paid attention to the assignment directions. All assignments receive letter grades and all are weighted equally in determining the final grade. Students will be given an opportunity to revise and re-submit any assignment which the instructor feels is significantly below the expected standard. |
ENROLLMENT INFORMATION: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Eight months to finish. Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.
Call
Independent
and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910
if you have questions about this course, the enrollment
process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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