Blog III and IV (Summer A)

You’ve paid your dues, climbed the proverbial ladder, clawed your way through the human pile of talentless hacks, and now you’ve landed your dream job.  For the first part of this blog, you must write about your daily routine at your dream job.   Basically, answer these questions: (1) describe your job, (2) how much you are getting paid (realistically), and (3) your plan for retirement.  Once you have answered those three questions, think about the ethical considerations o f your job.  And then write about a real or fictional situation that involves a communication-related ethical dilemma.  As you describe the situation, try to bring personal, social, and, if applicable, conservation ethics into the conflict. At the end of the situation, leave your readers with a difficult question to answer.  

Proposal Projects

Suppose you are a professional technical writer for global company.  Your boss has asked you to write a persuasive document that can help the company's growth in developing countries. (What that persuasive style entails us up to you).  From what you have read in Chapter 2 of your text, write about your action plan for this assignment.  How will you gather your sources?  What tone will your document have?  What will you put in the beginning, middle, and end of your document?

To receive full points for Blog II, you must answer the above questions to best your ability.  Remember, get in the habit of showing, not telling in your writing. Best of luck.

Blog Posting Summer: A (Here we go again)

As you have read in Chapters 1 and 13, effective communication affects the productivity of a technical workplace.   Suppose you were to start your own company.  What would be your company’s mission statement?  What personal qualities would you look for in you employees?  Name some of the restrictions  you would place on workplace communication.

To receive full credit for this blog, you must do and answer the following: (1)Create your own company; (2)name the qualities a good employee, at your company, should have;  (3) write a one-sentence mission statement, disclosing your company’s purpose;  (4)name some your company’s restrictions on communication within your workplace.   Your response must be at least one full paragraph, meaning five to seven sentences.  Best of luck.

Blog I: Summer A

As you have read in Chapters 1 and 13, communication in a technical workplace is essential to productivity.   Suppose you were to start a technical company of your own.  What type of technical company would you start?  What qualities would look for in potential employees?  Name some of your rules in policies regarding company emails.  Would you terminate an employee because of an email outside of your policies?  How would you communicate an employee’s breach of your company’s polices?

To get full credit on this posting, you must create your own company and establish its purpose.  List the qualities you want in potential employers.  Then name a few of your disciplinary policies regarding inappropriate emails.  Finally, think of either a mission statement or goal unique to your company.  Remember, you are the brain of your organization.  Its success not only depends on your smarts, but also the dependability of your employees.   Good luck.