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What the syllabus expects

  • Stan Cox: The Case against Air Conditioning
  • Lawrence Otis Graham: The 'Black Table' is still There

Cause and effect

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Business English (MGT 201)

Unit 7: Patterns of Writing

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of cause and effect.
  • Use the relevant language and writing techniques in business communication.

Curriculum Scope

  • Stan Cox: The Case against Air Conditioning
  • Lawrence Otis Graham: The 'Black Table' is still There

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Cause-and-effect writing

    1. Distinguish causes, effects and causal chains.
    2. Separate correlation from a supported causal explanation.
    3. Organize analysis around causes, effects or both.

  2. Prescribed-text analysis

    1. Read Stan Cox's The Case against Air Conditioning and Lawrence Otis Graham's The Black Table is still There.
    2. Examine claims, reasons and evidence in the assigned texts.
    3. Write a causal explanation that addresses alternative explanations.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, BBS curriculum with first-year syllabus, PDF pages 12-13.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit lecture hours apply to the whole unit; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.