
How to Write Reports and Proposals
Patrick Forsyth(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 3. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7494-7573-4 (ISBN)
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Description
How to Write Reports and Proposals is essential reading for achieving effective writing techniques. Getting a message across on paper and presenting a proposal in a clear and persuasive form are vital skills for anyone in business. How to Write Reports and Proposals provides practical advice on how to impress, convince and persuade your colleagues or clients. It will help you: improve your writing skills; think constructively before writing; create a good report; produce persuasive proposals; use clear and distinctive language; present numbers, graphs and charts effectively.
Full of checklists, exercises and real life examples, this new edition also contains content on how to write succinctly and with impact across different mediums. How to Write Reports and Proposals will help you to put over a good case with style.
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Full of checklists, exercises and real life examples, this new edition also contains content on how to write succinctly and with impact across different mediums. How to Write Reports and Proposals will help you to put over a good case with style.
The creating success series of books...
With over one million copies sold, the hugely popular Creating Success series covers a wide variety of topics and is written by an expert team of internationally best-selling authors and business experts. This indispensable business skills collection is packed with new features, practical content and inspiring guidance for readers across all stages of their careers.
More details
Series
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
210 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-7573-4 (9780749475734)
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How to Write Reports and Proposals
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Patrick Forsyth
How to Write Reports and Proposals
Book
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Kogan Page Ltd
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Person
Patrick Forsyth runs Touchstone Training & Consultancy and specializes in marketing, sales and communications skills. He is the author of more than fifty successful business books (with translations into 23 languages), including Successful Time Management also published in the Kogan Page Creating Success series. He writes regularly for a number of business journals, and for Writing Magazine, and devises and writes training materials.
Content
Chapter - 0: Introduction: pitfalls and opportunities
Chapter - 1: What makes good business writing?
Chapter - 2: Creating a good report
Chapter - 3: Preparing to write
Chapter - 4: The power of language
Chapter - 5: Making numbers clear
Chapter - 6: Making proposals persuasive
Chapter - 7: The contribution of layout and presentation
Chapter - 1: What makes good business writing?
Chapter - 2: Creating a good report
Chapter - 3: Preparing to write
Chapter - 4: The power of language
Chapter - 5: Making numbers clear
Chapter - 6: Making proposals persuasive
Chapter - 7: The contribution of layout and presentation