Strategies for Business and Technical Writing or Organization Theory and Public Management

Strategies for Business and Technical Writing

Author: Kevin J Harty

Strategies for Business and Technical Writing teaches effective writing for the world of work and helps readers become better writers using specific techniques employed by successful communicators in their fields.  Topics include audience analysis, language use and misuse, writing and revision processes, the influence of technology on communication, résumés, letters, memos, e-mail, reports, and proposals.  Business and technical writers, students aspiring to procure a career as a professional (business and technical) writer.

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A collection of essays, most previously published, by professionals in business and technical communication. Suitable as a supplement to core texts in either technical writing or general composition, or as a core text itself. Explores the process of writing, problems with language, correspondence, reports and other longer documents, and resumes and other written materials for a job search. The first three editions, between 1980 and 1989, were published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Organization Theory and Public Management

Author: Jonathan Tompkins

Gain the theoretical and conceptual knowledge you need to become an effective managers with ORGANIZATION THEORY AND MANAGEMENT. The text examines each major school-of-thought by taking a chronological approach, helping you understand each major school in the context in which it emerged and gained prominence.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction to Organization Theory. 2. The Distinctive Context of Public Management. 3. Management Practice and Organizational Performance. 4. Max Weber's Theory of Bureaucracy. 5. Scientific Management Theory: Frederick W. Taylor. 6. Administrative Management Theory: Henri Fayol, James Mooney, and Luther Gulick. 7. Pre-Human Relations Theory: Mary Parker Follett. 8. Human Relations Theory: Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger. 9. Natural Systems Theory: Chester I. Barnard. 10. Structural-Functional Theory: Robert Merton. 11. Open Systems Theory: Socio-Technical and Structural Contingency Theorists. 12. Group Dynamics and Participative Management Theory: Kurt Lewin and Rensis Likert. 13. Human Resources Theory: Chris Argyris and Douglas McGregor. 14. Quality Management Theory: W. Edwards Deming and Joseph Juran. 15. Organizational Culture and Leadership Theory.