http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2006/05/15/how-bad-is-academic-writing-really/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2006/05/15/how-bad-is-academic-writing-really/#comment-99 brayden Tue, 16 May 2006 18:41:33 +0000 https://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/2006/05/15/how-bad-is-academic-writing-really/#comment-99 You know you need to retake freshman composition if you have a worse readability score than Derrida. You know you need to retake freshman composition if you have a worse readability score than Derrida.

]]> http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2006/05/15/how-bad-is-academic-writing-really/#comment-90 teppo Tue, 16 May 2006 05:31:16 +0000 https://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/2006/05/15/how-bad-is-academic-writing-really/#comment-90 Hmm, an interesting tool, though frankly as I briefly checked a couple of books using the amazon 'tool' - it really told me nothing. Well, it may indeed be that I have simply been socialized into reading poor writing - I remember commenting to my class of MBAs that a particular ASQ piece I had assigned for them to read (I know, I know - I felt sorry for them) was well-written - they were aghast to hear that. Hmm, an interesting tool, though frankly as I briefly checked a couple of books using the amazon ‘tool’ - it really told me nothing. Well, it may indeed be that I have simply been socialized into reading poor writing - I remember commenting to my class of MBAs that a particular ASQ piece I had assigned for them to read (I know, I know - I felt sorry for them) was well-written - they were aghast to hear that.

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