Business Writing Skills

Overview

When you sit down to write, do you suffer from mental blocks, have trouble organising your thoughts or do you just hate writing? This program will help you to produce reader-oriented letters, memos, short reports and other everyday business documents with greater ease, confidence and effectiveness.

Designed For

People who want to improve or refresh their writing skills, those new to writing business letters and memoranda, people who have experience and are looking to fine-tune their skills.

Content

• Effective written communication
• Planning and organising a written communication
• Plain English
• Grammar, punctuation and spelling
• Commonly confused words
• Conventions
• Using the appropriate style and tone
• Reader focused writing
• Avoiding sexism in business writing
• Writing and editing exercises
• Effective letter writing

Learning Outcomes

• Plan the structure of the document to ensure correct information flow
• Write crisp, clear sentences
• Produce concise letters, memos and reports
• Adjust writing style to suit the requirements of the topic and the reader
• Review and proofread the document
• Plan, organise and structure written communications in various styles and formats using correct and appropriate language
• Present written communications in the styles and to the standards required by the workplace

BSBCMN318A Write simple documents

Duration
2 Days