Business Writing

Course Overview

Welcome to the Business Writing Course. Writing is a key method of communication for most people, and it’s one that many people struggle with. This course will give you a refresher on basic writing concepts such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation. It will also provide an overview of the most common business documents such as proposals, reports, and agendas. All of this will provide that extra edge in the workplace.

Writing and communication skills have degraded with more and more people communicating through email and text messaging.

Developing writing skills is still important in the business world as creating proper documents (such as proposals, reports, and agendas), giving you that extra edge in the workplace.

The Business Writing Course will give you a refresher on basic writing concepts (such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation), and an overview of the most common business documents.

These basic skills will provide you with that extra benefit in the business world that a lot of people are losing.

Course Objectives                :

Know how to collaborate with team members Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning that the learning occurs more easily and rapidly. With that in mind, let’s review our goals for today.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Gain better awareness of common spelling and grammar issues in business writing.
• Review basic concepts in sentence and paragraph construction.
• Know the basic structure of agendas, email messages, business letters, business proposals, and business reports.
• Know tips and techniques to use when deciding the most appropriate format to use for agendas, email messages, business letters, business proposals, and business reports.
• Know tips and techniques in writing agendas, email messages, business letters, business proposals, and business reports.
• Gain an overview of Request for Proposals, Projections, Executive Summaries, and Business Cases.
• Define proofreading and understand techniques in improving proofreading skills.
• Define peer review and list ways peer review can help improve business writing skills.
• List guidelines in printing and publishing business writing.

Course Modules

1. Introduction
2. Working with Words
3. Constructing Sentences
4. Creating Paragraphs
5. Writing Meeting Agendas
6. Writing E-mails
7. Writing Business Letters
8. Writing Proposals
9. Writing Reports
10. Other Types of Documents
11. Proofreading and Finishing