Writing for business and professions/Content and readings/Weekly Agenda

= Weekly Agenda =

Readings DUE

 * Magrino and Goeller. Effective Business and Professional Writing: From Problem to Proposal, 3rd Edition (2016), Kendall/Hunt, Table of Contents, pp. iii-iv
 * Magrino, Chapter 1, The Project Proposal from the Ground Up, pp. 1-14. (6Ps - Six Parts of the Project Proposal)
 * Magrino, Blog Post. Read recent blog post written by Bill Magrino (Business Writing Program Director) for Kendall Hunt https://he.kendallhunt.com/blog/six-p%E2%80%99s-importance-real-world-significance-professional-writing (Students: You can access the blog on your personal devices)

In-Class Activities

 * Attendance, Participation and contributions
 * Newspaper article (6Ps) - review / analysis
 * Groups - Discuss Magrino blog post (written for Kendall Hunt) https://he.kendallhunt.com/blog/six-p%E2%80%99s-importance-real-world-significance-professional-writing

Week 2: Wednesday, Sept 13 - 6Ps & Cover Letter / Resume

 * review and discuss 6 Ps.

Readings DUE
 6 Ps
 * Magrino, Chapter 1, The Project Proposal from the Ground Up, pp. 1-14.

In-Class Activities

 * Lecture: 6 Ps.
 * Newspaper Exercise, Magrino, p. 7
 * Six P’s Exercise, Magrino, p. 9
 * Peer Review


 * Lecture: Cover Letter & Resume
 * Magrino, Chapter 3, The Cover Letter and Resume - pp. 125-137.
 * Alred, Chapter 9, Job Search and Applications - Application Cover Letters, pp. 260-272.
 * Alred, Chapter 9, Job Search and Applications - Resumes, pp. 282-300.
 * Alred, Brusaw, and Oliu. The Business Writer’s Companion, 8th edition (2017), Bedford/St. Martin’s, Chapter 5, Job Search and Applications - Research - pp. 167-173

DRAFT 6 Ps for Peer Review

 * Review 1 newspaper article (print or online) for 6 Ps analysis / review. (Magrino, p. 7)

Researching the Problem (Topic)

 * Magrino, "Researching the Problem (Topic)", pp. 139-163

Defining a Paradigm

 * Reading, (Joel Barker), pp. 17-21
 * Discussion questions, pp. 23-24

Making It (Maker Revolution),

 * Reading, (Evgeny Morozov), pp., 25-30
 * Discussion questions, pp. 31-32

Humanism in Business: Towards a Paradigm Shift?

 * Reading, (Michael Pirson & Paul Lawrence), pp. 33-46
 * Discussion questions, pp. 47-48

Rutgers Library Guides

 * Rutgers Library Guides: http://libguides.rutgers.edu/eng_302_303_guides
 * Rutgers Library Tutorials

In-Class Activities

 * Lecture on Paradigms

DRAFT Resume - for Peer Review (Magrino, p. 133)

 * for both cover letter and resume - you must submit the specific job posting / advertisement for peer review AND grading).

Annotated Bibliographies

 * Magrino, Sample Annotated Bibliographies, pp. 155-163
 * Alred, "Outlining" and "Paragraphs", pp. 23-29

The 5 Rs: Conducting Relevant Research

 * Reading, (CJ Peek et. al), pp. 93-104
 * Discussion questions, pp. 105-106

Organizing Data in Tables and Charts

 * Reading, (Jane Miller), pp. 107-11
 * Discussion questions, pp. 113-114

Library Visit

 * Library visit - Carr (formerly Kilmer Library on Livingston Campus. We meet in the Carr Conference Room on the lower level of the library. Time: 10:30 - 11:40 pm. ("Peggy Wong" - Librarian Guide).

MLA Formatting & Style Guide (OWL)

 * https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Missing Link: Lack of Citations and Copyright Notices in Multimedia Presentations

 * Reading, (Stephanie Huffman), pp. 115-122
 * Discussion questions, pp. 123-124

In-Class Activities

 * Lecture on Research
 * Lecture on Plagiarizing; Guidance for Midterm Paper
 * Discussions on week's readings

Readings DUE

 * Alred, Chapter 10 - Style and Clarity
 * "Business Writing to Loaded Arguments", pp. 306-319;
 * Tone to You", pp. 328-334.
 * Alred, Chapter 11 - Grammar
 * "Dangling Modifiers, p. 349
 * "Person", p. 360
 * "Sentence Construction to Sentence Fragments", pp. 370-377
 * "Tense, Verbs and Active Voice", pp. 377-385
 * Alred, Chapter 12 - Punctuation and Mechanics, pp. 388-423

Initial Sales Letter

 * Magrino Reading,"The Initial Sales Letter", pp. 169-184


 * Chapter 5, Midterm paper guidelines and samples

In-Class Activities

 * Peer Review - Annotated Bibliography
 * Peer Review Workshop Form - Annotated Bibliography - p.163

DRAFT Sales Letter - for Peer Review next week

 * Write a business / sales letter or memo (4-5 pages) - single spaced, not including the list of works cited (MLA style).

Readings DUE

 * Magrino, "White Paper Assignment", pp. 145-155
 * Magrino Reading, "The Oral Presentation", pp. 191-207

In-Class Activities

 * Peer Review - DRAFT Initial Sales Letter
 * * Magrino, Peer Review Forms, pp. 185-186
 * Oral Presentations begin
 * Oral Presentation Evaluation, p. 209

Readings DUE

 * Alred, Chapter 4 - Proposals to Quotation Marks - p. 120-136
 * Alred, Chapter 6 - Formal Reports - pp. 176-202

I'm Ambivalent About It: The Dilemmas of PowerPoint

 * Reading, (Andrea Hill et al.), pp. 75-90
 * Discussion questions (small groups), pp. 91-92

OPTIONAL: Absolute PowerPoint

 * Parker, Ian. pp. 61-69 (New Yorker magazine) - http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/05/28/absolute-powerpoint

In-Class Activities

 * None

Readings DUE

 * Magrino Reading, "The Oral Presentation", pp. 191-207
 * Magrino Reading, "The Project Proposal", pp. 211-251

In-Class Activities

 * Oral Presentations
 * Oral Presentation Evaluation, p. 209
 * Discussions - Parts of the Proposal


 * 1) Cover Letter - generally 1 page (not numbered or titled)
 * 2) Title Page - 1 page (not numbered)
 * 3) Abstract - 1 page (Roman numeral i)
 * 4) Table of Contents - 1 page (Roman numeral ii)
 * 5) Table of Figures - 1 page (Roman numeral iii)
 * 6) Executive Summary - 1-2 pages (Roman numerals (iv-v)
 * 7) Introduction - generally 2+ pages (Arabic numeral 1+)
 * 8) Literature Review - generally 2+ pages (or Research)
 * 9) Plan - generally 1-2 pages (or Procedures)
 * 10) Budget
 * 11) Discussion (perhaps including an Evaluation Plan)
 * 12) Works Cited (MLA style)
 * 13) Visual Aids (or Figures) - incorporated into the text when possible
 * 14) Appendix (if necessary)

Readings DUE

 * Magrino, Chapter 7, "The Project Proposal", pp. 211-278

In-Class Activities

 * Oral Presentations
 * Oral Presentation Evaluation, p. 209
 * Peer Review Workshop I - Project Proposal, pp. 253-254

Readings DUE

 * Alred, Chapter 7 - Design and Visuals - pp. 204-236 (helpful cheat sheet on p. 235)

In-Class Activities

 * Oral Presentations
 * Oral Presentation Evaluation, p. 209
 * Peer Review Workshop II - Project Proposal: Executive Summary, pp. 259

Readings DUE

 * TBD

In-Class Activities

 * Oral presentations
 * Oral Presentation Evaluation, p. 209
 * Peer Review Workshop III - Project Proposal: Introduction and Literature Review, pp. 265-266

Assignments

 * PREPARE: Peer Review Workshop IV - Project Proposal: Plan, Budget and Discussion, pp. 271-272

Readings DUE
TBD

In-Class Activities

 * Oral Presentations
 * Peer Evaluations
 * Peer Review Workshop IV - Project Proposal: Plan, Budget and Discussion, pp. 271-272

Work on Final Project Proposal

 * Project - FINAL DRAFT (15-20 pages inclusive), single-spaced. Cited Works double spaced - MLA Guidelines).
 * Leadership statement that puts information in action by proposing a research-justified solution to a well-defined problem

Readings DUE
None.

In-Class Activities

 * Peer Review Workshop Evaluation - Project Proposal, pp. 277-278

DUE: Project - FINAL DRAFT (15-20 pages inclusive)

 * single-spaced. Cited Works double spaced - MLA Guidelines).
 * Leadership statement that puts information in action by proposing a research-justified solution to a well-defined problem