Writing Skills Vital for Business

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Report on:
Importance of Writing Skills in
Business Organization
Submitted to: Sara Sanaullah
By:
Muhammad Asad
Asad shakeel
Muneeba Khalid
Bushra Khan
Date of submission: 4/24/2013

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Preface:
WE are grateful to “Al mighty ALLAH” who gave us all the strength,
courage, preservation and patience to finish this report. We also thankful to
our parents and teachers who support us for completing this report.
Earlier presentation of our group has been described the term
"Communication", its barriers, medium, process, etc. Now we in our this
presentation are going to describe the” Importance of writing skills in a
business organization". Our motive to describe its importance but also to
elaborate the formats of each medium of writing (Documents) used with
inside or outside the organization. So, that our audience and viewers will
not only able to understand and distinguish all the formats of all the
mediums of writings and their importance in a business organization but it
will also help them in their professional life. It also very beneficial to
understand the business communication skills.

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S.NO Contents Page number
1 Writing skills in business
organization
1
2 Process of writing in
business organization
1-2
3 Importance of writing
skills in business
organization
2
4 Sources of writing in
business organizations
2
5 Letter 3-6
6 Memo 6-7
7 Report 8-12
8 Resume 12-13
9 Cover letter 14-16
10 Proposals 16
11 Tips for effective writing
in business organization
17-18
12 Bibliography 19

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Writing Skills in Business Organization
“Skills that enable an individual to write lucidly, coherently and grammatically, or to
handwrite legibly with ease and speed called writing skills”.
In business, we use these skills daily by various documents, these documents called
business documents. It plays a vital role in every business whether it is big or small. It is
important to keep track and keep records of these documents to have written proof of your
business operation but also for legalities in the future.
Process of writing in Business organization
There are five planning steps before we transmit our message.
1) Define the purpose
2) Gather material
3) Organize material
4) Consider alternatives
5) Complete the task/implement best alternatives.
1-Define the purpose:
When you are arranging business communication you must know the purpose clearly, you
must know why you should write and what should be written.
2-Gather material:
You should gather the material which needed to define the purpose, learn more about the
problem situation, look possible causes and solutions etc.
3-Organize material:
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One the idea have been jotted down, they should be properly arranged and organized.
Disorganized writing reflects a disorganized , illogical, untrained and even weak mind.
Failing to organize will foil the objective of message.
4-Consider alternatives:
Get all the alternatives after organize all the facts and data. The reason is to ensure that the
message fulfills all the principles communication.
5-Complete the task:
Select an alternative to put into action then follows your decisions and get the desired result.
Importance of writing skills in business
organization
Business writing is more important today than ever before. Businesses communicate all
day, every day. Writing well is important for the success of any business or organization.
Business owners and their employees who can write clearly and concisely have a
competitive edge over others who are still struggling to communicate. Having multiple sets
of eyes on business documents can prevent poorly written material from reaching your
target audience.
These are through via text, email, online post, advertising and many other methods.
Advances in electronic media make an ability to craft strong, correct, professional
documents a major tool in any employees skills tool box. It means that writing skills are very
important for an organization internally as well as externally. Internally is for inform
employees about policies, goals, objectives, plans etc. Externally is for promoting
organization, transactions, goodwill etc.
Sources of writing in business organization

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There are many sources of writing in an organization some of them are given below:
 Letter
 Memo
 Report
 Resume & Cover letter
 Proposals
Letter
Definition:
“A message written by a person to convey a message to another person”. It represents
mutual relationship and humanly communication. Purpose of business letter is to
communicate with client and business partners in a formal manner.
Purpose of letter:
Business letter are used for many purposes such as to make inquiries, send replies, to
place orders or bank correspondence etc. the main and the basic function of the business
letter is not only to convey your message to the person who receives the letter but also to
influence the reader.
Parts of letter:
I. Heading
II. Inside address
III. Salutation
IV. Body
V. Complimentary close

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VI. Signature
Types of letter:
There are two types of letter.
1. Formal letter
2. Informal letter
1.Formal letter:
The letter written from one individual to another or between different parties with an aim of
applying for a job, apologies, recommend a person, inquiry of information and other queries
that may necessitate a formal letter. The letter is written in a concise manner as the subject
topic is addressed.
A business letter is a letter written in formal language, usually used when writing from
one business organization to another, or for correspondence between such organization
and their customers, clients and other external parties.

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2.Informal letter:
Informal writing is when you are writing to someone you know personally or when you are
writing subjectively to express your own private feeling and thoughts.

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Kinds of letter:
There are many types of letter some of them are given below
1. Order letter
2. Inquiry letter
3. Sales promotion letter
4. Goodwill letter
5. Announcement letter
1.Order letter:
Order letter send by consumers or businesses to a manufacturer, retailer or wholesaler to
order goods or services. These letter must contain specific information such as model
number, name of the product, the quantity desired and expected price. Payment is
sometimes included with the letter.

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2.Inquiry letter:
Inquiry letter ask a question or elicit information from the recipient. When composing this
type of letter, keep it clear and list exactly what information you need. Be sure to include
your contact information so that it is easy for the reader to respond.
3.Sale promotion letter:
Typically sale letter start off with a very strong statement to capture the interest of the
reader. Since the purpose is to get the reader to do something, these letter include strong
calls to action, detail the benefit to the reader of taking the action and include information to
help the reader to act, such as including a telephone number or web-site link.
4.Goodwill letter:
When writing a goodwill letter you should be sincere in the explanation of your purpose to
the recipient. You should be clear, brief and creative. Offer a good contract and be
professional. The letter should be short and to the point.
5.Announcement letter:
These letter are written to make some announcement, which may be written to an individual
or to the members of various groups. It may be printed, mimeographed, or dittoed. It may
also called a circular letter.
Memo
Definition:
“Memo” is short for memorandum, which refers to a reminder or a notification of an
important item. Memos are often sent to notify staff members about a meeting or new policy
the company feels is important enough to warrant more than word-of-mouth dissemination.
Memos are often informal, with less attention to structure, formatting, grammar and quality
of paper.

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Purpose of memo:
The purpose of memo is that they bring attention to problems and they solve rpblems. They
accomplish their goals by informing the reader about new information like policy changes,
price increases, or by persuading the reader to take an action, such as attend a meeting, or
change a current production procedure. Memo is a document that helps the memory by
recording events or observations on a topic, such as may be used in business office. The
purpose may be to provide information, analyzes and research.

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Report
Definition:
“A report is a statement of the results of an investigation or of any matter on which definite
information is required”.
Purpose of reports:
Reports are management tools. Their purpose is to help you quickly grasp the essential
elements and relationship found in raw data and to help you make effective decisions.
Reports can cover a wide range of topics, but usually focus on transmitting information with
a clear purpose, to a specific audience. They should be well-written, clearly structured and
expressed in a way that holds the reader attention and meets their expectations.
Types of reports:
There are two types of reports
1. Formal report
2. Informal report
1.Formal report:
If you are writing a report for upper management or for another organization, you will need a
formal report. Formal reports are also used for research papers in higher education. Formal
reports are longer and well researched. Formal reports are impersonal, rarely using
personal pronouns and contractions. Summaries are located on separate pages and usually
have more than one heading. Formal reports may also be preceded by a proposal. Include
a content page if your report is more than five pages long.

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2.Informal reports:
Informal reports are typically internal report, and can go to other members of the department
and department heads. They are also used for reports that will circulate throughout the
company. They use personal pronouns and contractions. Though the report may be several
sections long, it is typically much shorter than a formal report. No content page is included.
Informal reports can even be formatted like a memo.
Types of reports with respect to its purpose:
Informational report:
When you need to provide information without opinion or suggestions, an informational
report is typically the best format. For example, if you need information about how many
employees work in each department and their job function, you would create an
informational report. You might include employee names, years of service and salary, as
well as an organizational chart. Another type of informational report might provide spending
breakdowns by department or types of spending. Informational reports can be further
broken down into time frames, such as weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually.
Analytical report:
When a company is trying to solve a problem or make a decision, an analytical report might
be necessary. These reports offer both a narration of facts as well as data, explanations and
conclusions. For example, a quarterly sales analysis might detail corporate initiatives, sales,
expenditures and profit and loss. It could include successful endeavors as well as not-so-
successful endeavors. An analytical report of this type might describe the company's
advertising and promotional activities and their results.
Research report:
When executives make decisions about new products and services, expanding personnel or
layoffs, they might use research reports. Research specialists or teams are given an issue
or topic and asked to create a report that provides all details about the topic, including
relevant facts and statistics. The report typically offers the conclusions of the researcher(s)
as well as alternate options and their potential outcomes, all backed up by the appropriate
research.
Parts of reports:
a. Prefatory part

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b. Body of the report
c. Supplemental parts
a. Prefatory parts:
1. Title fly
2. Title page
3. Letter of authorization
4. Letter of transmittal
5. Table of contents
6. Preface
1.Title fly:
Title fly is the cover of the report containing the title of the report, name of the receiver of the
report and name of the title of the report.
2.Title page:
The title page is next to the title fly. It has more information than title fly it has title of report,
name of receiver, his designation and name of his company. The name of the writer, his
designation and name of his company. The date of submission of report.
3.Letter of authorization:
The authorization letter appear immediately after title page, in it the individual or the
management authorizes the report writer to prepare the report.
4.Letter of transmittal:
This letter comes immediately after the letter of authorization and is bound part of the letter.
It is the covering letter because it transmit the report. The transmittal letter may include
authorization of receiver, acknowledgment of those who helped with the report, personal
comment not included in the body of the report.
5.Table of content:
The table bears the major and subdivisions of the report and then respective appearance in
the report. The numbering of the content is marked by roman numbers(I,II,III),
alphabet(A,B,C), and Arabic numbers(1,2,3….) etc.
6.Preface:

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Preface is the foreword talked by the writer. Through it he addresses the reader of the
report. The function of the preface may be performed by the letter of transmittal. Therefore,
preface is not included if the transmittal letter is inserted in the report.
b.Parts of the body:
1. Introduction
2. Text
3. Terminal section
1.Introduction:
Introduction acquaints the reader with the better understanding of the report. It include the
following elements.
i- Authorization
ii- Problem
iii- Purpose
iv- Scope
v- Background
vi- Definition
vii- Results in brief
viii- Plan of presentation.
2.Text:
The text contain the actual details of the report. It is the main and crucial part of the body.
This parts explain findings and data. The content, organizations, language, style, and visual
aid should be trimmed to the type of the reader.
3.Terminal section:
Terminal section of the body of the report may comprise one or all of the following elements.
I. Summary
II. Conclusions
III. Recommendations
I.Summary:
This section summarizes the finding of the investigation.
II.Conclusions:

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It interprets facts explained. It does not give the writer’s personal opinion. The opinion
should be unbiased and should not basd on personal likes and dislikes.
III.Recommendations:
This section suggest a plan of action based on findings and conclusions. If
recommendations runs through the report, it will include only summary of recommendations.
c.Supplemental parts of report:
The following are the supplemental parts of report
1. Appendix
2. Bibliography
3. Glossary
4. Index
1.Appendix:
In the appendix you may include tables, pictures, graphs, charts or some additional
information. It appears immediately after the last page of report.
2.Bibliography:
It refers to the sources from where the data have been collected. The sources may be
books, newspaper, magazines etc.
3.Glossary:
A glossary is an alphabetic listing of special terms and word with their meanings and
definitions.
4.Index:
It includes the list of topics, their divisions and subdivisions with their location in the report.
The order of items listed in the index is alphabetical.
Resume
Definition:
A resume is a brief document which highlight in individual experience, qualifications, and
skills in hope of securing a job interview, the resume is typically the first item that a potential
employer encounters. Basically it is the first and last impression of a candidate.
Purpose of resume:

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The purpose of a resume is to provide a summary of your skills, abilities and
accomplishments. You use it to be invited to a meeting or short-listed for an interview, it
describes your education, abilities and previous employment and is usually attached to a job
application to give further information about you.
How resume is different from cv:
A resume is a brief summary of individuals work history, educational attainment and
relevant skills, accomplishment to the job being applied. An individual can create several
resume for different positions or different companies.
Whereas cv on the other hand bear all the information of an individual. Every details of
education, achievement, employment and skills are listed with the addition of organizations
or affiliations. All trainings and seminars attended are listed, in short cv are actually longer
than resume because it carry more details.
Pattern of resume:

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Cover letter:
Definition:

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A one page letter to a prospective employer, usually accompanied by resume. It expressing
interest in employment in a company, it contain information not normally found in resume, is
not larger than two or three paragraph and usually causes a direct request for an interview
or appointment.
Purpose of cover letter:
The purpose of cover letter is to make a good case for the match between you and the
position for which you are applying. Show how you are unique in your ability to add value to
the organization. Focus on your qualifications for the position. Provide an example of your
writing abilities. Convey interest in the position. A cover letter is a summary of the reasons
why you are the best candidate for the position.
Types of cover letter:
There are two types of cover letter
1. Solicited cover letter
2. Unsolicited cover letter
1.Solicited cover letter:
Solicited cover letter written in response to an invitation(usually advertisement) has the
advantage that a vacancy exists and the employer is anxious to fill it. Its disadvantage is
that if faces competition.

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2.Unsolicited cover letter:
Unsolicited cover letter written to an employer who has not invited an application does not
face an y competition, but possibility of non- availability of job is its disadvantage.

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Proposals
Definition:
“Proposals are persuasive offers to solve problems, provide services, or sell equipment.”
They are organize to answer the receivers question proposals are written offer some
proposals are internal, it could be form of justification or recommendation report. External
proposals could be in form of profit and loss generation report (e.g audit).

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Tips for effective writing in business organizations:
There are many tips some of them are given below:
Attention
Be attentive when writing because if you are inattentive so possible is that you
should not keep it to the point.
Use of simple words
You should use simple words to accurately understand the intention. By this every
one can understand that what you want to say.
Completeness
Message receiver either listener or reader desire complete information because
incomplete information can create problem for both receiver an dsender.
Conciseness
Being to the point is very necessary when writing, your clients, employees as well as
seniors will prefer if you are direct and concise, provide only that information which is
necessary.
Concreteness
Concreteness adds conviction to the message. It is easy for the reader to believe on
concrete messages. Concreteness also increases credibility of the sender of
message
Clarity
You should be clear as what you want to convey with your words. Ambiguous words
and statement can lead a great deal of misunderstanding.

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Correctness
You should use the right level of language, check accuracy, facts and words,
maintain acceptable writing mechanics.
Be fair
Your mind should be free from all bias, be fair attitude for everyone is important in
organization.
Attractive
Your points, style, and information should be attractive, it is important in writing.
Use appropriate words relevant to the mood of the topic.
Use only that information or words which are relevant to the mood of topic, it helps
you to be on the topic.

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Bibliography:
Business communication by professor Amin Khalid
Business communication by Marry Ellen Guffey
www.ehow.com/about_6375610-writing-skills-important-business-.html
www.ask.com/answers/50958781/what-is-a-formal-letter.
www.buzzle.com/articles/formal-letter-format-sample.html
www.buzzle.com/articles/informal-letter-format.html
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/proposal.html
www.gurukpo.com
http://www.elistonwordpro.ca/id19.html

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Index:
A
Analytical report….6
Announcement letter… 9
Appendix …12
Attention …17
Attractive …18
B
Be fair …18
Bibliography …12
Body of report …11
C
Clarity …17
Complete the task… 2
Completeness …17
Conciseness …17
Conclusion …11
Concreteness… 17
Consider alternatives …2
Correctness …18
Cover letter definition… 14
Cover letter purpose …14
D
Define the purpose …1
Difference between resume
and cv ….13
F
Formal letter …4
Formal letter pattern… 4
Formal report… 8
G
Gather material… 1
Glossary …12
Goodwill letter… 6
I
Important of writing skills in business
organization …2
Index …12
Informal letter… 4
Informal letter pattern… 5
Informal report …8
Informational report… 9
Inquiry letter …6
Introduction …11
K
Kinds of letter …5
L
Letter definition …3
Letter of authorization… 10
Letter of transmittal …10
Letter purpose …3
Letter types …3
M

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O
Order letter….5
Organize material…. 1
P
Pattern of memo ….7
Preface ….10
Prefatory part ….10
Process of writing in business
organization …1
Proposals …16
R
Recommendations …11
Report definition …8
Report purpose …8
Research report …9
Resume definition… 12
Resume pattern …13
Resume purpose …12
S
Sale promotion letter… 6
Solicited cover letter …14
Solicited cover letter pattern …15
Sources of writing skills …2
Summary …11
Supplemental parts… 12
T
Table of content …10
Terminal section …11
Text …11
Tips for effective writing in
business… 17
Memo definition …6
Memo purpose …7
Title page… 10
Types of cover letter… 14
Types of report …8
U
Unsolicited cover letter …15
Unsolicited cover letter pattern… 16
Use appropriate word relevant to mood of
topic …18
Use of simple words… 17
W
Writing skills in business organization… 1.

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