M3.05 Writing for Business

Most of communication consists of talking and listening to others. Writing plays a smaller but highly significant part because it reaches more people, goes on record, travels through time and space and above all carries an impression of you, your skills and your personality.The objectives of this workbook are to make you better able to

• decide when it is more useful to write than speak
• give your written communications the best chance of reaching their destination, being noticed, being read and understood
• identify what a report is about and who it is for
• plan and prepare for writing a report
• identify and collect data and information
• analyse and interpret data correctly
• adopt a suitable structure
• write clearly and simply, presenting arguments in a fair and unbiased way
• use tables, diagrams and graphics effectively