Business Writing

About This Course

Business Writing:

This course will provide participants with proven techniques to deliver information powerfully, persuasively and professionally. Gain skills to construct a variety of business documents which reflect coherence, clarity, conciseness, accuracy and completeness.

Overview

This course is designed for individuals who recognize that their writing skills could be further enhanced, so that they may perform with greater confidence in the workplace.

Benefits

Improving and perfecting grammar, and writing skills of participants, thereby enhancing the quality of one's performance, which could lead to promotion in the workplace.

Topic Areas Covered

• Know the structure of agendas, email messages, business letters, business proposals and business reports
• Correct use of punctuation, prepositions, pronoun, adverbs & tenses
• Subject and object of sentences
• Review concepts in sentence and paragraph construction
• Selecting the most appropriate format to use for agendas, email messages, business letters, business proposals, and business reports
• Gain knowledge of techniques used in improving proofreading skills

Duration: 6 Weeks | Lectures: 5 | Quizzes: 1

Topics Covered

• Introduction to Business Writing: Understanding Business Communication - processes and principles; The Writing Process
• Letter Writing: Types of business letters and their purposes; structure of a formal business letter
• Spelling & Grammar: apply various spelling and grammar rules when writing; relevant tools and resources to assist with spelling and grammar
• Language Matters: Specific language matters; Words and Phrases to avoid and to be used
• Memo and email Writing: the uses and purpose of a memo; accepted structure to write a memo; Email etiquette