Blog due 4/2

Responses to Academic Situation that Call for Performance might seem to be an unusual choice to describe the field of business communication, but for in this case it explains the discipline the best.  In the article it discusses how this part of the four metagenres is usually used for students and teachers who work in the field of art, design, and rhetoric.  However, this relates to communication, because it discusses how in this part of the genres that it teaches a person “collaborative skills that allow them to work productively with other writers or specialists to produce effective texts and presentations.”  In communication it is important that one learns how to work collaboratively, so that in the work place a group of people can work towards a common goal and get the best outcome possible.  Also, when they have to send out memos or give presentations it is important that whoever creates the memo or presentation is able to show a clear idea and express their thoughts in an accurate way.  Another point in the article discusses how there is not a specific way of doing something that makes it correct, but rather there are a set of guidelines that one must follow to be able to produce something that everyone in the field can understand and see where the person who is producing is coming from.  This is important, because in communication you might be asked to create a presentation that will show another company how and why a person’s current company is loyal and will produce the most profit for the company.  There must be some guidelines in the presentation making sure that the person presenting shows how and why their company is the best.  However, it does not matter the way that they show those points as long as those points are presented are argued well.  This is similar to rhetoric, because rhetoric is the art of persuasion.  In business communication there is a great deal of persuasion needed in deals made and in decisions made.  If a CEO of a company makes a decision that effects the entire company the CEO has to be able to back up that decision and be able to persuade his employees that the choice was the best option for them.  For these reasons that is why business communication best fits in the genre of Responses to Academic Situation that Call for Performance.