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Course Title:   Business Writing and Report Writing Skills

Purpose

The purpose of this course is to capacitate people to write a wide variety of texts for a range of situations and purposes in the workplace. Participants will be able to define the purpose of writing, identify the format needed and write the text using appropriate style, tone, conduct necessary research, use a successful writing plan, choose appropriate language, edit and proofread for improvement. The result would be an accurate, clear, well researched and presentable text.

Outcomes

Learners credited with this unit standard are able to:

1.     Write for a specific purpose and audience
2.     Use grammatical structures and writing conventions to produce coherent and cohesive texts for specific contexts
3.     Adapt language to suit context
4.     Draft and edit own writing
5.     Structure writing appropriate to format and context

The course will examine and refine knowledge and skills in various areas throughout the two days.

BUSINESS WRITING SKILLS - DAY ONE

1.     Formats

Business letters, memo, emails, faxes, reports and other formats:

-    Layout of each format
-    Protocol in writing style, tone and language use when writing business letters, memos, emails, reports etc.
-    The reason why different formats are used in various situations

2.     Audience Analysis

Who are you writing for?

-    Analysing your audience and pitching your written correspondence to target that person’s understanding.

3.     Organising Writing

Organising your long or short text so that it makes the required impact

-    Structure
-    Paragraphs
-    Sentences
-    Impact

4.     Technical Issues

Using accurate language so that clarity is attained and next steps are clear:

-    Style
-    Word choice
-    Sentence structure
-    Grammar
-    Spelling

REPORT WRITING - DAY TWO

Business is busy - your important report may only have a few minute’s attention with no time for consideration or for the recipient to try and understand an unclear message. So the aim is to get to the point quickly, supporting your reasoning concisely. In general, business writing is briefer and more to the point than many other types of writing.

During this course we will discuss a number of important pointers and practices with regards to report writing. Formats, structure, organisation, research and attaining objectives will all be explored, practiced and implemented.

We will also explore tone, style, audience, writing technique and other significant factors which need to be kept in mind with business writing.

Outcomes

-    Understand the various report formats in terms of their purpose
-    Explore and use various sections of report formats
-    Utilize stylistic tools such as:
-    awareness of audience
-    tone
-    style
-    choice of words
-    Communicate a message in writing, using correct grammar and clearly worded information using
-    A writing process
-    Correct grammar
-    Sound sentence structure
-    Correct spelling

Course Title 2 Business Writing and Report Writing Skills Classification Writing & Publishing -> Business Writing Course Requirements Price Fee: R4,161.00 incl. VAT Notes

Course Information Location Gauteng - Alberton Course Type Workshop Start Dates TBA Length of Course 2 days Final Registration Date

Contact Details Name Ronell Phone 073 291 0450 Email eventszacron.co.za