Instr: Gerald Alred
Office: CRT 566; 229-4569
e-mail: alred@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: Fully online
This course covers the essential principles for effective management communications as well as the organizational and writing skills useful for graduate work (especially theses and seminar papers). For most graduate students in the School of Business Administration, it is an approved elective. Graduate students from other colleges and department are also welcome. This course is an ideal advanced version of English 205.
Professor Alred will use the new eighth edition of his well-known book, The Business Writer's Handbook. (Fortune and Book-of-the-Month Club selections)
What students and faculty say about this course. . . .
"I thought [this course] would be just another class I would need to get out of the way on the path to my Master's degree. I was very pleasantly surprised to find the class as one of the best college courses I have ever taken. Professor Alred was consistently challenging the students to improve upon improvements and make the best business communications possible."
Scott Smith, SBA Graduate Student and Systems Analyst
Miller Brewing Company
Writing for Business Management "should definitely be a part of the business curriculum. . . no matter which business field you are in, excellent business writing skills are a must. And the book [The Business Writer's Handbook] is a great reference tool for everyone."
Shruti Kashyap, SBA Graduate Student and Project Assistant
UWM Learning Technology Center
"I think all of our students should take this practical and excellent course. Business is all about communication, and writing is a critical skill for managers, professionals and executives."
Professor Belle Rose Ragins
UWM School of Business Administration
