I'm not sure there's anything special about writing in the context of managing that can't be claimed for communication in general. The ability to form words and

I'm not sure there's anything special about writing in the context of managing that can't be claimed for communication in general. The ability to form words and sentences to convey ideas, meaning, and intent should be expected to correlate positively with management skill. I suppose there's something to be said for the durability of writing, which makes it quite a lot harder to say something and then claim later to never have said it, or to have said something completely different. Well, I guess I just undermined my own point.