Making a List Making a list means just what it says, recording
ideas that relate directly to a certain subject. Listing is more
directed than brainstorming or freewriting; if you decide to
make a list as a form of prewriting, then you already have a
sense of both your particular focus on the subject and the
various aspects related to that focus. You may end up expanding
or deleting from your list as you work with it, and that's to be
expected. A list is a means of capturing all aspects that you
can think of that relate to your focus on the subject. Focused
Subject: ways in which communication can flow in an organization
- traditional top-down, with managers providing information and
issuing orders to subordinates - bottom-up, which is rarer, in
which management has an open-door policy for receiving
information and suggestions from employees - cross-departments,
in which people on the same level in the organization share
information - working teams, which may include members from
various levels of the organiza