Successful Writing at Work: Concise Edition

This user-friendly, compact text presents the most necessary, useful skills and strategies for successful workplace writing. Based on the successful parent text, SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK, Ninth Edition, SUCCESSFUL WRITING AT WORK, Concise Third Edition, maintains a practical approach, an abundance of realistic situations and problems, real-world examples, and detailed guidelines for drafting, editing, and producing professional documents and graphics. The Concise Third Edition features a contemporary, open, and user-friendly design, including a wide trim size to allow for marginal note-taking.

Philip C. Kolin (Ph.D., Northwestern University), University Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi for nearly 30 years, teaches courses in composition, business and technical writing, literature, and drama. He has served as editor of two major scholarly journals, and as founding co-editor of Studies in American Drama (1945-Present), he received the Conference of Learned Journals award for the best new journal. He was also named Southern Mississippi's first Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. Kolin has published nearly 30 books and 200 scholarly articles covering a variety of subjects, including writing, drama, linguistics, and folklore. He has also written a book and articles on professional writing for nurses and lawyers and has conducted workshops on technical writing.