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“Will Professional Communication Be the Death of Business Communication?”Student’s NameInstitutional AffiliationCourseProfessor’s NameDate due“Will Professional Communication Be the Death of Business Communication?”Technical writing is about explaining what or how to do a specific task. Technical writing is about addressing a technical problem and focuses on exposition, a detailed description, and an explanation of the process. For example, explaining the recipe to make a specific dish, such as the recipe for Alice, or how to navigate or evaluate a website are examples of technical writing. On the other hand, business communication attempts to convince or persuade people of the importance of doing something, such as turning off the lights when leaving the office to conserve energy. Business communication should encourage people to see the value of action instead of merely describing the process. The focus is to motivate people to do what the communicator wants, such as persuading them to pursue a common goal. I agree with Locker that technical writing differs from business communication based on their different goals. Technical communication is about explaining how to complete a task or activity and does not involve any persuasion. For example, when giving Alice the recipe, the writer did not engage in any persuasive strategy. The focus is to show the reader how to complete the task, whether they agree and adopt the method or not. However, in business communication, the writer intends to persuade the audience to accept and comply with the point of view. Therefore, as Locker suggests, business communication is persuasive and seeks to motivate the audience to change their behavior or act accordingly. For example, when the management is under pressure to increase performance, business communication is necessary to convince employees about the need to enhance individual performance to achieve the common goal. While most of the class’s writing assignments involved description and explanation, the white paper was more persuasive. Therefore, it was the only assignment in the class that qualifies for business writing. The external white paper is about Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing and the need to adopt the model to improve computing and information management. The white paper is technical communication writing since it did not stop explaining what Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing entails and how to approve the model. Instead, the paper included the failure of previous approaches and the advantages of transitioning to AWS cloud computing. The writer intended to persuade the external stakeholders about the importance of investing in cloud computing to improve their IT activities. Therefore, the white paper assignment was more persuasive than descriptive; hence, it is a business communication task. Locker correctly argues that technical communication differs from business communication due to their different objectives. Technical communication aims at explaining or describing the process of completing a task, such as a recipe. The communication provides information to the audience, like the recipe or how to navigate a website, and leaves the person to decide whether to take action. Conversely, business communication aims at persuading the audience to agree with the writer’s point of view. Business communication influences decision-making by convincing the audience to take action, such as in the white paper. The communicator persuaded external stakeholders to invest in AWS cloud computing instead of using in-house information technology. Learning the difference between the two types of writing helps to write communication work depending on the objective. Overall, understanding the differences is critical in education since students will need to complete different kinds of writing. ................
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