Writing about Business and Industry / Edition 1

by Beverly Schneller

Overview

Writing about Business and Industry brings together timeless essays and readings that exemplify excellence in writing about the history, theory, and practice of business. Beverly Schneller, coeditor of Writing about Science, has gathered the works of an extraordinary range of talented minds—Adam Smith, Lewis and Clark, George Orwell, Henry Ford, Beatrice Webb, as well as many others—to instruct and encourage those seeking to become polished writers in business, technical, economic, and related fields. These colorful selections bring specialized composition to life for the student, showing how different styles work for different fields, and enlivening the learning process. Students will hone their writing skills while discovering the Walla Walla River, visiting Wales, pondering the inherent nature of competition, or examining the status of women in the workplace. From Max Weber to contemporary journalism, the historical development of business thought and practice unfolds for the student. For courses in business and technical writing, as well as writing for the social sciences, this engaging collection provides an opportunity to uncover the often surprising possibilities of technical and business prose.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195073799
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/27/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Millersville University

Table of Contents

IntroductionThe Inquisitive SpiritPensee 139, Blaise PascalOf the Division of Labor, Adam SmithThe Dalles to Walla Walla River, Meriwether Lewis and William ClarkThe Spirit of Capitalism, Max WeberCompetition, Friedrich EngelsSouth Wales, George OrwellThe Working Life of Women, B. L. HutchinsManagement Women and the New Facts of Life, Felice N. SchwartzMan and Woman: Images on the Left, Eric Hobsbawn, Mary Parker FollettThe Essentials of LeadershipWhat I Learned About Business, Henry FordCyrus Hall McCormick: From Farm Boy to Tycoon, Robert SobelThe Acquisitive SpiritThe Wherewithal to Spend: The Economic Background of Renaissance Florence, Richard GoldthwaiteThe Enduring Logic of Industrial Success, Alfred D. ChandlerThe Occupational Structure of India, Dharma Kumar with Meghnad DesaiForeign Assembly in Haiti, Joseph Grunwald, Leslie Delatour, and Karl VoltaireStrategic Intent, Gary Hamel and C. K. PrahaladPouring Ideas into Tin Cans, Arthur PoundWomen and the Factory Acts, Beatrice WebbBlack Coats to White Collars: Economic Change, Nonmanual Work, and the Social Structure of Industrializing America, Stuart BluminCo-Ordination by Committee, Alfred Pritchard SloanAutos: On the Thin Edge, Paul R. Lawrence and Davis DyerAmerica Rediscovers W. Edwards Deming, Andrea GaborOrganizations as Physical Structures, Jeffrey PfefferThe Parable of the Sadhu, Bowen McCoyFrom Affirmative Action to Affirming Diversity, R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.The New Product Development Map, Steven C. Wheelwright and W. Earl Sasser, Jr.