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Writing and Speaking at Work: A Practical Guide for Business Communication

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Edward Bailey commands the field of "plain English" applied to business writing. This is a complete, modern--and highly readable--summary of everything you need to know about writing memo's letters and resumes and doing oral presentations. It lacks a section on e-mail. The resume and cover letter sections use examples which may not match for all industries, and the letter format (showing "Writer/typist") is outdated in the Internet Age.

Want to improve your writing? Want to improve your presentation skills? There's not a better book on the shelves! A must if your serious about your career. In only hours, your writing will improve -- colleagues will notice.

I found this book to be very basic and not worth the high price. It was recommended for a graduate level business course, which I think was not appropriate. If you are new to writing reports (high school or early college), this might be written to your level of experience. However, even in my undergrad studies, I used other writing and presentation books that seemed to have much more valuable content. One example is the presentation chapter which starts at the absolute basics for creating a PowerPoint presentation. The average working professional should know this basic information after using PowerPoint only a couple times.

This book covers it all -- speaking, writing, email, briefing and web pages. Best book I've seen on these subjects. Bailey walks the talk. His book is easy to read, and the principles are illustrated clearly. What I like best are the examples.