Business Writing

Overview

Master essential business writing skills through this comprehensive 10-hour course covering grammar fundamentals, document structure, and professional communication formats. Develop proficiency in spelling and grammar while reviewing sentence and paragraph construction principles. Learn to create and format key business documents including agendas, email messages, business letters, proposals, and reports with appropriate structure and professional standards. Explore advanced business documents such as Request for Proposals, projections, executive summaries, and business cases to understand their purpose and construction. Enhance your writing quality through proofreading techniques and peer review processes, while gaining practical knowledge of printing and publishing guidelines for business documents. Build accountability skills by learning to set SMART goals, understanding personal accountability principles, and working through the accountability cycle to achieve measurable benefits in your professional writing practice.

Syllabus

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
Define accountability and personal accountability
Effectively set SMART goals
Identify the components of the cycle of accountability
Work toward achieving the benefits of accountability