Business Communications 3330-
For Ed Fjordbak, Lecturer in Law, UNT Dallas School of Business
Assignment#3 of 8 BCom3330Asgn3emf.docx rev. 10/212021
Please turn it in on time to avoid losing points. You have a “grace” period after the deadline (losing points however) but when that’s over, you can’t turn it in at all. Turn it in exactly as called for in the syllabus unless this instruction makes adjustments. Check the syllabus to see how to do the header. Put your name on every page. Do not depend on Canvas to do that. Do NOT submit as a PDF. Good Luck! (Note that the harder you study, the luckier you get.)
Dealing with Irritating Business Jargon and More on Conquering MS Word Software Tools
Business people, like squeaky-voiced 13 year old* “California girls,” often pick up and repeat jargon that doesn’t result in good business communication. In most business settings, successful people speak and write carefully, even when texting and when using abbreviations.
Business writing is more effective when writers avoid overused phrases that others find annoying, useless, pretentious or just odd. There are many articles about this problem and how inappropriate jargon leaves many readers and listeners confused or unclear on the message, especially when it is not the reader’s first language. As business becomes more global, we need to be aware that people in other counties who have learned proper English often don’t have an understanding of some of these “sayings.”
You are to consider the following phrases, re-type them, and briefly explain what each really means, but in your own words. Use your own definition, even if you look it up on the internet, a dictionary or thesaurus. Do not merely re-write the definition you find on the internet. No points will be given for merely copying from a dictionary. Google may be helpful, but use several sources so you clearly know what you’re talking about. Copying from a website may get you in trouble.
One page should be ample, but do not exceed two pages. 11 point sans-serif typeface, Follow syllabus instructions for format. Make sure your heading is single spaced 1.0 line spacing and complete (see syllabus), single space your answers with 1.5 line spacing, no space after a paragraph and no spacing before a paragraph, number your answers, and do not skip a line between the answers. Be sure numbering doesn’t spoil your left margin requirement.
Move the needle
At the end of the day
Thinking outside the box
Circle back
Right sizing
Peel back the layers of the onion
Drinking the Kool-Aid
Blue-sky thinking
Tiger team
Let’s solution this
For up to a possible extra point, if you know (one) overused phrase that annoys you, list it, and say what it really means in plain English. (You’re limited to 12.5 points total on this exercise.)
*I have nothing against 13 year-old California girls, but please don’t copy their annoying speech patterns.
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