is recommended that employees produce documents in which they avoid writing about hypotheses, theories or opinions as though they were factual. It is further recommended that employees avoid creating personal files that contain information relating to company business.
Of course the characteristics of good business writing mentioned by Egan (1995) and the staff writer for Risk Management require that the employee first have a command of the core writing skills. In other words, any assessment of students' business writing skills must also include those skills that would be expected in any form of written communication.
With respect to the foregoing, McInnis (1982) has discussed the assessment of core writing skills. She states that assessment criteria should include the following: (1) clarity of focus, (2) adequate development of ideas, (3) clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs, (4) appropriate examples and evidence, (5) appropriate word choice, (6) varied sentence structure, and (7) appropriate punctuation and usage.
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