Writing Deficiencies in Today
Writing Deficiencies in Today 's Business World
Crystal D. Lynch
Grand Canyon University: UNV-504 Introduction to Graduate Studies in the College of Business
January 21, 2015
Writing Deficiencies in Today 's Business World
In today’s business environment employers often feel that the writing skills of their employees are inadequate. The question has been raised, how can a person graduate from a college without a good grasp on the English language? According to Gray, Emerson, & Mackay, 2005, the academic community has done little in the way to rectify this situation (Gray, 2005).
Employers rank oral and written skills as some of the most valuable qualifications desirable when looking for new hiring candidates (Gray, 2005). Writing’s need to be informative, concise, free of spelling and grammatical errors. Additionally, effective business communication needs to be accurate and clear in meaning.
Implications of poor grammar skills of today’s employees on company profitability can quickly add up into the billions. Company productivity can be effected due to poor communication between employees and customers. The need to have material interpreted by different employees because of poorly written material causes lost time and productivity. Instructions being misinterpreted due to poorly written material causes unnecessary time being lost.
The academic community has long debated the need to teach grammar skills and its benefits to students. Unfortunately; college students are graduating every day without the simple basic knowledge of sentence structure, spelling or grammar (College Boad, The National Commission on Writing for America 's Families, Schools, and Colleges, 2004). Traditionally, two different approaches have been used. In the 60’s, a “rule-based”, approach which used repetitive drills and sentence diagramming was employed. This theory was proven ineffective by Weaver in 1996 (Weaver, 1996), and a “context-based”, theory was adopted,
Crystal D. Lynch
Grand Canyon University: UNV-504 Introduction to Graduate Studies in the College of Business
January 21, 2015
Writing Deficiencies in Today 's Business World
In today’s business environment employers often feel that the writing skills of their employees are inadequate. The question has been raised, how can a person graduate from a college without a good grasp on the English language? According to Gray, Emerson, & Mackay, 2005, the academic community has done little in the way to rectify this situation (Gray, 2005).
Employers rank oral and written skills as some of the most valuable qualifications desirable when looking for new hiring candidates (Gray, 2005). Writing’s need to be informative, concise, free of spelling and grammatical errors. Additionally, effective business communication needs to be accurate and clear in meaning.
Implications of poor grammar skills of today’s employees on company profitability can quickly add up into the billions. Company productivity can be effected due to poor communication between employees and customers. The need to have material interpreted by different employees because of poorly written material causes lost time and productivity. Instructions being misinterpreted due to poorly written material causes unnecessary time being lost.
The academic community has long debated the need to teach grammar skills and its benefits to students. Unfortunately; college students are graduating every day without the simple basic knowledge of sentence structure, spelling or grammar (College Boad, The National Commission on Writing for America 's Families, Schools, and Colleges, 2004). Traditionally, two different approaches have been used. In the 60’s, a “rule-based”, approach which used repetitive drills and sentence diagramming was employed. This theory was proven ineffective by Weaver in 1996 (Weaver, 1996), and a “context-based”, theory was adopted,
References: College Boad, The National Commission on Writing for America 's Families, Schools, and Colleges. (2004). Wrriting: A powerful message from stte governmental. New YorK. Gray, F. E. (2005). Meeting the demands of the workplace: Science students and written skills. Jounal of Science Education and Industry, 425-435. Weaver, C. (1996). Teaching Grammar in the context of writing. English Journal, 15-24.