Abstract
Letter-writing and report-writing tend to get a great deal of attention in most books on business communication- the one because it’s such a common activity both in and outside the workplace, and the other because it is regarded as a fairly onerous job by most people. However, the barrage of instructions above is fairly typical of the many writing tasks which you might very easily be called upon to tackle. Do you know how a memo differs from a letter? Have you ever sent an e-mail? Could you devise an effective questionnaire which creates goodwill rather than ill-will?
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© 1996 Nicky Stanton
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Stanton, N. (1996). Other Writing Tasks. In: Mastering Communication. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14133-3_17
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