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    A Case Study On "What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence"

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    The document discusses a 2004 New York Times article titled "What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence". The article examined the increasing problem of poor writing skills among employees in major US companies. A study found that 1/3 of blue-chip company employees wrote poorly, costing businesses $3.1 billion annually on remedial training. The case study argues that the lack of writing competence stems from deficiencies in how writing skills are taught in schools and screened for during hiring. It calls for schools and companies to take the issue more seriously to address the growing problem.

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    A Case Study On "What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence"

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    The document discusses a 2004 New York Times article titled "What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence". The article examined the increasing problem of poor writing skills among employees in major US companies. A study found that 1/3 of blue-chip company employees wrote poorly, costing businesses $3.1 billion annually on remedial training. The case study argues that the lack of writing competence stems from deficiencies in how writing skills are taught in schools and screened for during hiring. It calls for schools and companies to take the issue more seriously to address the growing problem.

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    The document discusses a 2004 New York Times article titled "What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence". The article examined the increasing problem of poor writing skills among employees in major US companies. A study found that 1/3 of blue-chip company employees wrote poorly, costing businesses $3.1 billion annually on remedial training. The case study argues that the lack of writing competence stems from deficiencies in how writing skills are taught in schools and screened for during hiring. It calls for schools and companies to take the issue more seriously to address the growing problem.

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    A Case Study On "What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence"

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    The document discusses a 2004 New York Times article titled "What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence". The article examined the increasing problem of poor writing skills among employees in major US companies. A study found that 1/3 of blue-chip company employees wrote poorly, costing businesses $3.1 billion annually on remedial training. The case study argues that the lack of writing competence stems from deficiencies in how writing skills are taught in schools and screened for during hiring. It calls for schools and companies to take the issue more seriously to address the growing problem.

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    Name: G.

    Pawan Santhosh Reddy


    Roll no: F20003

    A Case Study on “What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence”

    “What Corporate America Can’t Build: A Sentence” and published in the New York Times on

    December 7, 2004. The author Sam Dillon discussed the continued increase in problems

    focusing on the inability of various members to write business correspondences using proper

    grammar and punctuation. A recent survey of 120 American corporations reached a similar

    conclusion. The study, by the National Commission on Writing, a panel established by the

    College Board, concluded that a third of employees in the nation's blue-chip companies wrote

    poorly and that businesses were spending as much as $3.1 billion annually on remedial training.

    Because of the fast growth of technology which enabled today’s generation to access the internet

    and use various devices like mobile phones and laptops contributed to the use of suitable words

    and phrases with perfect punctuations, capitalization, correct spelling and follow grammatical

    rules. The case study is discussed on the continued increasing problem of lack of writing skills of

    their personnel and the need for organizations to spend considerable amounts of money for

    remedial training on business and technical writing.

    Personally, the lack of competence and inability to write business correspondences

    should have been detected and addressed while majority of employees were still in their schools,

    taking up English courses. The problem was rooted from the lack of strictness of teachers to

    develop the skills of students in writing, using correct grammatical rules. This was a problem

    also by lack of strictness in recruitment procedures of organizations where writing should have

    been main priority to acceptance to the organizational setting. Rather than spending millions of

    dollars for remedial training for courses that should have been taken prior to employment, these

    funds could have been designate for a particular purpose for giving bonus to employees for their

    performance.
    Name: G. Pawan Santhosh Reddy
    Roll no: F20003

    Basic knowledge on the construction of sentences, paragraphs and essays needs to be

    enhanced as the problem stems here. Students, at very early stages, should be made to practice

    writing and develop skills up to the appropriate level of competence which should prepare them

    for future. It is the responsibilities of teachers to be aware that the growing problems of writing

    continue to persist and this dilemma must be addressed at their governance.

    At the corporate level, one believes that at the recruitment stage, human resources

    administrators must intensify their screening efforts to include competencies in writing as one of

    the relevant factors for employment. If applicants were determined to lack even the basic skills in

    writing, then, these applicants should have been denied entry to the organization outright.

    There is so much advantage for individuals to learn the proper grammar and use it to

    effective writing. Learning must have been initiated and developed while students are still in

    their respective academic institutions not when they are already employed. Dillon’s article

    provided opportunities for awareness that this business and technical writing problem continue to

    exist and spread through contemporary global organizations. However, this article must be used

    by school administrators as a wake-up call to develop and monitor the competence of their

    students.

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