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The Impact of Coordination Methods on the Enhancement of Business Writing
Author(s) -
Prater Edmund,
Rhee HyeunSuk
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
decision sciences journal of innovative education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1540-4609
pISSN - 1540-4595
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5915.00005
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , computer science , context (archaeology) , face (sociological concept) , work (physics) , collaborative learning , knowledge management , order (exchange) , mathematics education , group work , psychology , sociology , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , paleontology , social science , finance , engineering , economics , biology
Universities with limited resources are being pressured to cover more material within their degree programs. Because of this, schools are looking to integrate material from different classes. This paper sets out to determine if students can learn business writing within the context of another class, specifically, an information systems class. The goal is to eliminate the need for a separate business‐writing course. However, the students will have to learn the material with limited support in order not to place an additional load on the instructor. This study investigates whether individuals can develop their business‐writing skills during the course of repeated group work and whether there are differences in the level of their learning, based on collaborative media. The results show that individuals can learn business‐writing skills with a minimum of support through direct instruction. In addition, there is no difference between individuals working in face‐to‐face (F2F) groups and those working in groups using electronic collaborative work (ECW) systems.