Essays on Business Writing

Dear Prof. P,

Re: Request for permission to take class in business writing My name is NAME, I am a XXX year student who studies SUBJECT. I am writing to request a permission to take a class on business writing. I do understand that there are only 20 spots in your class and there are many people who want to get a place. However, I am the right person to consider for one of those seats and here is why. Firstly, business communication has become a must for every person who is will to grow into a professional one day. It is ...

Assignment 1A

Ivan T. Formality

Dear Sir, I am Xyz the employee of WTF and been working since last two years in the marketing department. I have decided to take ENGL 4091 Business Writing and avail the company’s college tuition reimbursement program. Could you please consider my request and approve the college tuition reimbursement that improves my knowledge and education level? I am writing this to get your permission for taking ENGL 4091 Business Writing. I want reimbursement after successful completion of the course as per company policy. The course will help to improve my business writing skills and knowledge. ...

Academic discourse and business writing standards require a combination of clear readability and a high degree of communication skills. The primary responsibility of the writer is to present information in a concise and accurate manner. Computer science papers have a distinctly technical aspect inherent within the subject matter. Frequently there will be dense quantitative data included, which is the main point of the paper. However, this in no way excuses the writer from presenting research and ideas in a comprehensible manner. To reach the intended audience effectively, standards of excellence in writing include specific objectives of readability so that ...

Business writing is different from contemporary writing because it requires a reader-oriented approach, and it has to be economical and purposeful. Business messages are not intended to impress the readers, but express the underlying ideas with clarity. As such, the primary goal in business writing is the delivery of the message in a clear, concise and straightforward manner. In numerous cases, business writing entails collaborations with others, such as working in teams where they exchange ideas. The primary purposes of business writing include passing of information, maintenance of goodwill, persuasion, and presentation of a request (Sengupta, 2011). For this ...

For a person to make a business writing effectively and comprehensively, he/she must take into account some key elements that are required for business writing. The elements ensure that the business writing achieves all the goals that it was intended for while writing (MacLennan pg. 6-67). The business writing below in form of a memo illustrates these key elements for the writing:

Description of elements of effective business writing

The discussion below aims at highlighting the most important elements that are paramount for effective business writing. The elements that are stated must always be adhered to in writing of any business material.

The elements

- The main message of the business ...

When running a business, one must make sure that communications between the business owner and the customers is comprehensive and effective. There are various factors which must be considered when making communications in writing. This includes making sure that all the objectives of a particular communication are met (MacLennan 60). One must also be aware of the presentation of the writing. The writing should be legible, and understandable at a glance. This means that the audience should know what the writing is all about with a simple glance. There are various other factors involved in business writing which are summed up below.

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Compare and Contrast Business Writing Style of Two Texts

Compare and Contrast Business Writing Style of Two Texts

Introduction

Using comparison and contrasting analysis on Frehse's (2003), "Manage Your Own Career -Reinvent Your Job" and Tyson's (1998) "Working with Groups" and "Managing Conflict," offers the opportunity for examining the characteristics of academic writing with non-academic writing. In the scholarly exercise presented, the evidences include demonstrating correct referencing with in-text quotations, direct quotations, paraphrasing, and a referencing.

Compare

Comparing the three offerings by Frehse and Tyson reveals the information is academic in nature because the three offers referenced direct quoted knowledge by recognized experts on the topics of their discourse. According to ...

One early morning, I was jogging in our neighborhood with my friend and passed by a row of apartments. Then my friend said, “I wish one of those apartments were mine.” After what I heard, I started to dream and thought of how to be able to invest in one of those apartments just like my friend. When we got home, I told my mother about our plan after college. She just stared and said,“that is good to know that you have a very good ambition that will make you financially stable after years in college.”Then she turned back ...

Our competitive modern world is all about business. Want it or not, today we are all entangled in an enormous growing web of business activity. And business largely depends on communication between its agents. Considering that e-mails are the primary tool of modern business communication as we use heavily on day-to-day basis, everyone should be familiar with basic of business writing. So, I came up with a list of easy rules (or tips) for it. They are not that obligatory, but will definitely save you time and improve the communication with associates. 1. You should be clear.Indeed, clarity is ...

Writing business letters

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Dear Haley, I’m interested in the business plan because of the following; - I’m highly prospecting of creating my own online company in which I will include several blogs. - I would wish to gain information regarding the statistics pertaining to your company as I consider this information to be of utter importance in helping me plan for impending business. Most importantly, I would wish to know the number ...

Business Communication

The main focus of the workshop was to teach the participants on how they can improve their writing skills. Facilitators emphasized on the importance of effective business writing and honed the participants’ skills on the same. Sandra Dean was the instructor of the workshop and she taught on the step that should be adhered to when writing. These are planning, writing and editing. The instructor noted that many writers neglect planning and editing which is detrimental especially in business writing. As such, the instructor offered vital lessons on these two areas. The instructor emphasized on four steps to good ...

I, and I suspect many others; tend to think of language as the biggest barrier to communicating in another language. What I found most surprising about the article was the realization that language can sometimes even be a barrier for communication since it can lead to misunderstandings as would seem easy to happen, as Patricia Hagen’s article “Teaching American Business Writing in Russia explains, between a high context and low context communication cultures. The lack of documentation in business transactions depicted in Hagen’s experience was shocking. But it made more sense when it was explained that this was ...

English

Today, we live in an era characterised by the written word. Be it surfing videos on YouTube or getting invitees for social functions, the written word is everywhere and so is grammar. Grammar has undoubtedly become an indispensable tool for day to day communication. For some of us, it takes the error indicating ‘grammer’ to realise that it is actually ‘grammar’! Now when grammar is such a crucial issue, how can business and technical writing remain untouched by its impact? Many employers use grammar as their ‘litmus test’. There are often candidates who confuse ‘too’ with ‘to’ or ‘ ...

WORKSHOP SUMMARY

The main objective of the workshop is to teach the participants effective communication in the business environment. Internal and external communication is vital to the success or failure of every business. Therefore, anyone entering the business world, like business students, should develop his communication skills. According to the workshop that Professor Dean presented to us, there are four things involved in effective business communication: knowing your audience, knowing your purpose, knowing your message (the main point) and knowing your delivery. Knowing your audience involves knowing some personal background about them (e.g. age, interest, profession, etc.) This would enable ...