Spring 2012, POFT 2312
Business Correspondence and Communication
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BUSINESS Correspondence
and Communication
POFT 2312 Tentative
Assignments--Spring 2012
Standard Procedures
ü Read through the table below; mark your
calendar for daily due dates, tests, reports, etc.
ü Read
the chapter the week before cases and quizzes are due. Study learning objectives, checklists,
chapter reviews as well. Be sure to
organize your work.
ü Visit
Publishers website to view chapter PowerPoint presentations.
(Brantley/Miller
Companion Site)
ü Work
through exercises in textbook; exercises will either be incorporated into
quizzes or may be submitted through Discussion Board or Assignments. See Blackboard.
List below indicates which exercises I have assigned to enhance your writing
skills.
You may complete exercises in your own style; however ,
you will be attaching
some exercises in Blackboard Assignments and/or Discussion Board.
ü Take
quizzes in Blackboard for a course grade.
Due dates are strictly enforced.
ü There
will be a final “exam” consisting of a Discussion Board summary.
ü Complete
cases listed in the last column below.
Submit as a MS Word document in
Assignments. If you submit the wrong
assignment, it is your responsibility to ask me to
clear your attempt so that you may resubmit.
(points may be deducted) When you use Assignments to submit work, your
grades will be view in “My Grades” in Blackboard.
ü There
will be a final case submitted in report format.
ü Daily
work deadlines are usually each week on Monday by midnight.
ü Test
deadlines will usually on Saturday.
ü Be
sure to check Blackboard announcements AND your ACC g-mail at least twice a
week. You may forward g-mail to your
most used email account. IMPORTANT
ü A
very good suggestion for on-line courses is to devote a certain period of time
at least
two to three times a week just for this class; for instance, Monday and
Wednesday mornings. If you develop a
habit of “attending” class, you will be more successful.
Please understand that
the above list will not include all circumstances that may be encountered in
this on-line course. Please be sure to
communicate with me by email, phone or appointment if you are having trouble
getting a study schedule developed for this class.
Orientation: Tuesday, January 17 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 2214, Round Rock Campus
or Wednesday, January 18
at 2:15 p.m. in Room 2214, Round Rock
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Business
Correspondence and Communication Tentative Schedule |
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Due
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Topic |
Discussion Board |
Cases |
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1/23 |
1--Partners for Effective
Communication ►
Communication
Cycle ►
Communications-by-Objectives
Approach |
Blackboard has
the Ex 1-3, slang |
Autobiography |
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1/30 |
2--The Six Cs of Effective Messages ►
Courtesy ►
Clarity ►
Conciseness ►
Concreteness ►
Correctness ►
Completeness |
Ex. 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7,
2-8 2-10 helpful 2-11 optional |
2-1 |
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2/6 |
3--The Communication-by Objectives
Approach ►
Plan
a Message ►
Compose a Draft ►
Complete a
Message |
Ex. 3-1, 3-2, 3-4, 3-5 |
3-1 3-2 |
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2/13 |
4--Communication and Electronic
Technology ►
The Internet ►
Communicating
the Written Word ►
Communicating
the Spoken Word ►
Conferencing and
Voice Recognition |
Ex. 4-2—IAAP, Ex. 4-5, 4-8 |
4-1 4-2 |
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by 2/18 |
Chapter 1-4 Test (I will post directions in Blackboard) |
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2/27 |
5--Good News and Neutral News Messages ►
Good News
Strategy ►
Good
News/Neutral News Applications |
Ex. 5-2, 5-3 |
Team…Pick 1 5-1, 5-2, 5-4, 5-5, 5-7 |
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3/5 |
6--Bad News Messages ►
The Bad News
Strategy ►
Bad News
Applications |
Ex. 6-1, 6-2 |
6-1 |
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3/19 |
7--Persuasive Messages ►
The Persuasive
Strategy ►
Persuasive
Applications |
Ex. 7-1, 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7 |
7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-6, 7-13 |
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3/24 |
Chapter 5-7 Test ) (I will post directions in Blackboard) |
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4/2 |
8--Job Searches, Resumes and Cover
Letters ►
The Job Search ►
The Resume ►
The Cover Letter |
Ex. 8-2, 8-3, 8-4, 8-5, 8-6 (Austin
Am. Statesman), 8-11, 8-13, |
Optional: Internet Ch. 8-1, Case 8-3, 8-4, 8-6 (Read 8-1, 5) |
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4/9 |
9--Applications, Interviews and
Follow-up Messages ►
Employment
Applications ►
Employment
Interviews ►
Follow-up
Messages |
Ex. 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-5, 9-6 Internet 9-1 Case 9-2 |
9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-8 |
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4/16 |
10--Visuals, Presentations, and
Instructions ►
Visuals ►
Spoken
Presentations |
Ex. 10-4, 10-6 |
10-1, 10-3 or |
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4/23 |
Last Day to Withdraw (It is the
student’s responsibility to withdraw) |
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4/23 |
11--Reports, Proposals, and
Instructions ►
Report Overview ►
Formal Reports ►
Informal Reports ►
Proposals ►
Instructions |
Ex. 11-1, 11-4, 11-8 (team) |
11-1, 11-4 OR11-6 |
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By 4/28 |
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4/30 |
Final Report ( I will post evaluation sheet) |
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5/5 |
Ch. 1-11Final Exam – Discussion Board (I will post
directions in Blackboard) |
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