Auditing or Applications in Business Communications

Auditing: An Assertions Approach

Author: Donald H Taylor

Presents auditing concepts and procedures within the context of audit assertions, as described in Statements on Auditing Standards. It includes the basic approach to reasoning from audit assertions to audit objectives to audit procedures and numerous examples of computer generated audit working papers. A new aspect of this edition is the introduction of value-added business advice as an integral part of the audit. Public accounting firms are placing increased emphasis on adding value to an audit.

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Applications in Business Communications

Author: Richard D Featheringham

Applications in Business Communication simulates a hypothetical company-GEI— that specializes in producing indoor and outdoor leisure-time products, giving learners the opportunity to apply business communication skills in a real-life setting. Learners work in self-managed work teams to solve real-life problems facing businesses today, while the instructor acts as CEO of GEI. This text allows learners to actively take part in learning the subject matter, and relate it to their daily lives, and develop the higher-order skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Additionally, working collaboratively toward a single goal provides learners with an understanding of the importance of teamwork.

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In this communications text, students become employees of a hypothetical company and apply business-communication skills to a variety of its needs. Exercises include tasks such as designing a letterhead and business card, searching the Internet for information about competitors, developing a code of ethics, communicating across cultures, writing memos and letters that contain good and bad news, writing news releases, crafting persuasive sales messages, dealing with company layoffs, and preparing reports and newsletters. Featheringham teaches business communications at Michigan State U., and Baker teaches in the marketing department at Siena College, Loudonville, NY. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface	ix
	Introduction	xiii
Application 1	Teamwork in Business	1
Application 2	Using Technology in Business Communication	4
Application 3	Developing a Code of Ethics	8
Application 4	Communicating Across Cultures	13
Application 5	Listening Skills	18
Application 6	Organizing the Message Deductively	22
Application 7	Organizing to Write Inductively	25
Application 8	Revising and Proofreading a Message or Document	28
Application 9	Good News and Routine Messages	30
Application 10	Goodwill Messages	33
Application 11	Informative Messages	36
Application 12	Direct Requests	38
Application 13	Unfavorable, Unwanted, or Bad News Messages	40
Application 14	Writing a News Release	43
Application 15	Instruction Writing	48
Application 16	Memos	52
Application 17	E-mail	55
Application 18	Persuasive Sales Messages	58
Application 19	Newsletters and In-House Publications	62
Application 20	Dealing with Company Layoffs	65
Application 21	Print Advertisements	69
Application 22	Position Paper	73
Application 23	Introduction to Research	77
Application 24	Proposal Writing	82
Application 25	Using Graphics	86
Application 26	Preparing and Writing Reports	92
Application 27	Preparing Informal Reports	96
Application 28	Preparing a Long Report--International Study	100
Application 29	Business Presentations	106
Application 30	Oral Communication	111
Application 31	Meeting Skills	115
Application 32	Cover Letters	120
Application 33	Resumes	124
Application 34	Interviewing	129
Application 35	Employment Letters	133
Application 36	Finding a Job	139
	Appendix
	Selected Style Techniques of Writing	143
	Punctuation and Capitalization	146