Business English and effective Report Writing skills

Upon completion of this course, the participants should be able to:

• To learn the value of good written communications
• To prepare reports and proposals that inform, persuade, and provide information
• To learn how to proofread your work so you are confident it is clear, concise, complete, and correct
• To provide an opportunity to apply these skills in real work applications

CONTENT

• Writing and improving the quality of business and technical reports.
• Compile technical reports ensuring content and format are appropriate.
• Discuss the focus of the report – deciding on correct content.
• Meeting reporting deadlines.
• How to select, format, structure and layout reports: including headings, bullets and numbering.
• Ensure the document sequence is logical and meaningful.
• How to present information differently: text, graphs, tables, flow charts and diagrams.
• Organising and structuring a technical text appropriately.
• Presenting the same information in different ways.
• Technical reports
• General reports
• Report checklists
• Topic or subject matter
• Purpose of the report
• Scope of the report
• Section identification systems
• Referencing
• Table of contents
• Stages of report production
• Checklist for editing our work
• Appendix: homophones and parts of speech

FOR WHOM:

Human Resources Managers, Admin Managers, Senior Managers, Directors, Admin Officers and others who perform related functions.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.