Cooperating for professional communication's sake: Design of a Business Writing Prototype
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Mackiewicz, Jo; Billy, Kristen M.; Clayson, Ashley; Hiatt, Grant D.; Horn, Pamela; Lisle, Victoria S.; Sims, Jessica
- Source
- 2011 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), 2011 IEEE International. :1-4 Oct, 2011
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
General Topics for Engineers
Engineering Profession
Writing
Educational institutions
Business
Interviews
Accreditation
Assessment
business writing
professional communication
tutoring
writing in the disciplines
- Language
- ISSN
- 2158-091X
2158-1002
Professional programs within colleges of engineering and business recognize students' need to learn disciplinary discourses and the need to meet accreditation standards for students' ability to communicate effectively within the discourses of their field. This paper describes a writing-in-the-disciplines initiative created in a partnership between the College of Business and the Writing Studies Program at Auburn University. In this initiative — called the Business Writing Prototype (BWP) — writing consultants worked with one class on a substantial writing project, providing written feedback and one-on-one tutoring. End-of-semester student surveys and informal interviews indicate student, faculty, and consultant satisfaction.