The ability to organize ideas effectively is one of the most difficult writing
shills to teach or to acquire. Stressing the fact that good business commun
ication requires a psychological pattern of organization, this article offers
specific advice on organizing informative, good news, direct request, and
persuasive messages, together with a detailed rationale for each pattern.
The article also shows the student how the patterns can be used to fit
more specific communications problems by applying the direct request
and persuasive patterns to the two basic kinds of job application letters.
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References
1.
Francis W. Weeks and Richard A. Hatch , Business Writing Cases and Problems, 1974 ed., Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing Co., p. 17 for a useful you-attitude exercise.
2.
J.H. Menning and C.W. Wilkinson, Communicating Through Letters and Reports, 5th ed., Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, Inc. , 1972, pp. 55-59.
