Book Description
Since 1975, HOW and its subsequent editions have been a prominent reference source for business writers, office personnel, and students. With every new edition, HOW has kept pace with changes in our language and the business environment, striving to provide a useful and easy-to-understand reference manual for all professionals involved in organizational operations. It includes detailed and precise information for writing, formatting, and transmitting communications. Unlike other reference books, HOW 10 is tailored for writing style, grammar, mechanics, and techniques in a business/office environment. This text can be used as a stand-alone reference or as a supplement.

Book Info
A handbook designed for the Internet Age to provide assistance in the preparation of all types of written business communications. Text presents detailed information for writing, formatting, and transmitting business documents. Serves as a quick reference to answer questions regarding language conventions, business formats, and document transmission. Spiral bound.

About the Author
James Clark earned a B.S. and an M.S. degree from the University of Southern California. He is currently a professor of business in the Business Department at Pasadena City College, where he formerly served as division dean for seventeen years. Before joining the Pasadena City College staff, he was an assistant professor at California State University, Los Angeles, and a teacher at Burbank and La Puente high schools. He has also taught part-time in the extension programs at UCLA and USC. Besides holding memberships and offices in professional organiza-tions such as the California Business Education Association, the National Business Education Association, Delta Pi Epsilon, and The Association for Business Communication, James Clark has conducted a number of communication seminars for business organizations and associations; namely, the Culinary Union, the American Right of Way Association, Caltrans, the Canadian Right of Way Association, the Los Angeles Executive Training Program, and several large legal firms. He has also authored several articles on business communication. James Clark's most recent writing endeavors are two coauthored projects: HOW9: A Handbook for Office Workers, 9e, and PoWER, Professional Writer's Electronic Resource published by South-Western College Publishing. Other published college texts include Clarks' Online Reference Manual (South-Western College Publishing); A Handbook for Business Professionals, (Wadsworth Publishing Company); Language and Word Processing Applications (Glencoe/McGraw-Hill); Universal Transcription (PWS-KENT Publishing Company); and College Business Machines (Gregg/McGraw-Hill).

FROM THE PUBLISHER

With every new edition, HOW has kept pace with changes in our language and the business environment, striving to provide a useful and easy-to-understand reference manual for all professionals involved in organizational operations. It includes detailed and precise information for writing, formatting, and transmitting communications. Unlike other reference books, HOW l0 is tailored for writing style, grammar, mechanics, and techniques in a business/office environment. This text can be used as a stand-alone reference or as a supplement.

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