Abstract
A statement prepared by the Graduate Studies Committee of the American Business Communication Asso ciation. Leland Brown, Richard C. Hansen, Richard C. Huseman, William J. Lord, Jr., John D. Pettit, Jr., Michael Porte, Norman B. Sigband, Francis W. Weeks, Robert M. Wendlinger, Richard A. Hatch, and Herbert W. Hildebrandt, Chairman.