2.7 Report Writing
Why needed
Survey after survey has revealed that business workers spend one to three days
each week writing. Effective writing is an important skill in today’s business
environment and has a direct impact on your potential advancement within an
organization. Business Report Writing is business communication with the purpose
of getting work done, convincing others to make a decision or to take a course
of action.
What the programme will cover
- Define the report audience, their level of expertise, knowledge of the
topic, their needs and attitudes
- Generating ideas by brainstorming using Mind Maps
- Researching your report
- Handling detail
- Report organization
- Planning your report
- Consulting your report
- Using language elements for clear and concise writing
- Using visual aids
What is accomplished:
As a result of attending this course participants should be able to:
- Perform Audience Analysis to determine how to write a particular report
- Brainstorm to generate ideas, sort them and outline their report
- Effectively research for information and consistently document their
citations
- Decide how much detail to include in their report
- Structure correctly their reports
- Use a writing process to write persuasive and concise reports
- Better usage of English language elements
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