After 25 years of practical experience as a technical writer, I turned to teaching. During the first several years I tried a number of texts, but finally abandoned them, preferring to develop my own materials. I also learned to utilize, whenever possible, writing from the students' professional fields, because it was real motivation for them. It seemed to me that most texts were a mishmash of information and examples happened upon (not chosen or written) by the textbook author, and then adapted poorly to the book's purpose.

A tune by the Righteous Brothers entitled “Rock and Roll Heaven” begins with the following verse: If you believe in forever, Then life is just a one-night stand. If there's a Rock and Roll Heaven, Then you know they've got a hell of a band.

This is a `starter' bibliography for those who would like to read further into the field of management communications. It has been compiled from lists of pertinent references submitted by various contributors to the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.