... Table of contents Acknowledgements Introduction Overview ofthe principles ofbusinesswriting 11 The first principle: focus 13 The second principle: purpose 27 The third principle: meaning 39 The ... communication specialist and business writer They reflect my experience of what works and my personal views of how businesswriting should be used within the organisation The book combines a conceptual ... a decade of professional writing experience - thewriting sometimes seems to happen by itself But my way of working has an underlying structure that, I realised, I could try to teach others This...
... about the future ofthe UN The issue is contentious and highly politicised, with this of cial’s country one ofthe few in favour of an overhaul ofthe UN Based on the questions above, the brief ... colleague are examples of small-scale writing Annual reports or business plans are examples of large-scale writingThe larger the scale, the more important it is to plan your writing - Attitude refers ... stakeholders and goals ofthe writing, such as: - What is the external and internal business context, both strategic and operational? - What is the main issue and what are the other related issues?...
... done by analysing business issues in terms of their purpose and explaining what this means to people’s lives or the organisation The principle of meaning is the subject ofthe next chapter, this ... cuttingedge night on the town) This is because a purely rational approach to businesswriting doesn’t engage people on the level of their identity As a result, traditional businesswriting fails to ... into the pipeline Our goal is to introduce one new project each quarter and bring one project to market each year In the case ofthe fictitious speech for the Minister on an overhaul ofthe UN,...
... journey Thewriting process takes time, the circumstances tend to change and others who get involved have ideas of their own In other words: it is easy to get distracted and lose sight ofthe big ... readers - Find the areas where the two overlap, emphasise the commonalities and address the discrepancies, taking into consideration your own goals and interests and those ofthe other party This ... programme The idea is to put yourself in the shoes of your audience and imagine how your readers think, make decisions, what they feel and value, how the past is going to influence them, what it is they...
... others inside and outside ofthe organisation? - How will this change our culture? - What will this to our market position? As a rule of thumb, the more significant the organisational change, the ... due to more consumer-friendly legislation, the power of litigation, and the empowering effect of technology As a result of this, stakeholders - whether they are consumers, investors, staff, regulators ... the principle of meaning as a tedious and simplistic step in thewriting process It does not mean helping readers less perceptive than you understand what you believe is painfully obvious Rather,...
... other business unit.’ Irrespective: ‘Irrespective ofthe team’s performance this quarter, we will get a bonus this year.’ In spite of: ‘In spite ofthe performance ofthe Widgets Division, the ... m theless, we allowed a small team to use their spare time to develop product Y.’ At the same time: ‘We have reduced the number of staff to 1,500, but at the same time we hired more staff in the ... people have commented on draft versions ofthe text This usually results in a patchwork of styles, making it hard for the reader to focus The chapter on thewriting process shares some tips on dealing...
... identifying the essence of a story, the core of an idea, by formulating the executive summary ofthe executive summary That core might prompt wonder or disagreement, but there can be no doubt as to the ... language that is experienced rather than understood What you should look for, is whether there is harmony between the flow on the one hand and the content and structure on the other Probing your text ... confuses - Thewriting is frugal and economic Few, not many words are used This makes it easier for readers to follow the thread of your story or the point of your argument Frugality doesn’t mean writing...
... at lower levels ofthe organisation may know more about the subject - The Proofreaders: concerned with the technical quality ofthewriting in the final stages ofthe process Proofreaders fix spelling ... which makes text the memory and consciousness ofthe organisation Writing can also align stakeholders, making it the grease in the complex machine called TheOf ce Business writing, therefore, should ... edits to the flow of sentences or paragraphs Because they have not been involved in the earlier stages ofthe process, they bring a fresh pair of eyes and a critical mind to the process - The Designers:...
... whether the text meets the criteria specified in the brief You are also waiting to hear whether the text is politically acceptable and whether the juicy bits will be cut out The principle of humility ... criteria: the strategic context ofthe organisation and the specific medium or event for which the text is developed As for the first criterion, you should not lose sight ofthe fact that the overriding ... m the text influence the attitude and behaviour ofthe stakeholders in this business context and with these goals in mind? Ideally, all these items come together in a brief for yourself or the...
... about the future ofthe UN The issue is contentious and highly politicised, with this of cial’s country one ofthe few in favour of an overhaul ofthe UN Based on the questions above, the brief ... Overview ofthe principles ofbusinesswriting Focus Adjust the scope and scale of your writing to influence the attitude and behaviour of your readers Develop a brief and outline, execute these ... Table of contents Acknowledgements Introduction Overview ofthe principles ofbusinesswriting 11 The first principle: focus 13 The second principle: purpose 27 The third principle: meaning 39 The...
... evidence ofthe soundness of its principles For example, when I started writing, I began by using business examples that were still in the process of sorting themselves out Many ofthe companies ... Harbor and by the Allies to mislead the Germans about the exact location of their invasion of France The use of intelligence was critical to American success in the Cuban missile crisis The Viet Cong ... world war of global competition While some of it was necessary, too much ofthe corporate downsizing that has negatively impacted millions of people's lives is the result ofthe mistakes of business...
... in the process, making it so warren g bennis is the University Professor and Distinguished Professor ofBusiness Administration at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School ofBusiness ... products, and they’re not worried about how they get them They’ve made you CEO because they think you can give them what they want Remember, they saw the report, too, and they buried it If they’d wanted ... systematically defined the processes of NGP creation and the roles ofthe various participants The CEO framed the challenge The executive team selected the CGO, created the unit, established the mission,...
... per day? Could they make one per day by writing their name on it? They could There are loads of other ways of both saving the company money and respecting the planet Brainstorm them 91 Be fast ... month’s business magazines and the account manager had an indifferent attitude 64 The trouble is for too many ofthe employees the only thing worth mentioning about the annual conference is the free ... actually the reason you went into business in the first place 95 Don’t use e-mail for anything which needs the expression of emotion unless you have the skills of a Mills & Boon novelist No: see them...
... Comptroller Depending on the type ofbusiness and the presence of employees in Maryland, the foreign business may need to contact the Office ofthe Comptroller for purposes of sales tax and employment ... to businessThe address ofthe office that it is required to have under the laws ofthe state in which it was formed, or if there is no such requirement, the address of its principal office Foreign ... terms ofthe ownership and active management ofbusiness enterprises (―Foreign‖ businesses are those that are organized under the laws of another country, the United States, or another state in the...
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... manner of fear of little ones such as gnats and flies, and yet because ofthe continual nuisance which they find them, complain more of these than they ofthe other: so most men hate the unmannerly ... If the person at the other end ofthe wire says, "I want the Advertising department," she connects them and the man there answers with "Advertising department." The other then may ask for the ... and there are constant interruptions from the telephone and the other members ofthe office For these reasons a number ofbusiness men are going out to see their callers instead of bringing them...
... regard to business entities and intellectual properties In the years since the publication ofThe Handbook of Advanced Business Valuation (the de facto predecessor of this book), thebusiness ... measures the expected cash flow in the numerator and the cost of capital in the denominator The owner of a noncontrolling interest in a company is the acceptor ofthe expected cash flows, given the ... CAPM.29 The results of this analysis suggest that the ERP varies over thebusiness cycle The ERP is lowest in periods ofbusiness expansion, and the ERP is highest in periods of recession The ERP...
... upside down, the way the majority of your competitors business I like the approach of Sam Walton, founder of Wal Mart He said, “Break the rules Swim upstream Go the other way Ignore the conventional ... aspects of what 29 they do, if they show signs of creativity when it comes to the way they their job, and methods of improving it, these are all good signs This is what you are looking for If they ... look at the state of businesses in general 17 76 percent, or so, of start-up businesses fail within five years The overall state of service customers receive is pretty appalling The level of sales...