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WRITING
BUSINESS MESSAGES
Effective Business
Writing
Purposeful Concise
Audience-
Centered
Three-Step Writing Process
Step 1 Step 3Step 2
Planning Writing Completing
I. Planning the message
1. Define your purpose
2. Develop an audience
profile
3. Adapt your message
1.Defining your purpose
• General purpose :
– To inform
– To persuade
• Specific purpose
– The exact goal to be accomplished
– E.g.. Placing an order, or convincing management
about a given proposal.
2. Developing audience profile
• Identifying primary
audience
• Determining
audience size
• Audience
composition
• Level of
understanding
• Expectations and
preferences
Audience
characteristics
• Establish
credibility
• Choice of
preferred media
• Appropriate
communication of
required
information.
Purpose
3. Adapt your message
• 3.1 Adopting an audience centred approach.
– ‘YOU’ attitude instead of ‘I’.
We shipped your order today.
Your order will arrive on Thursday.
Dear Mr. Jones
I am happy to inform you that we have approved your loan.
Dear Mr. Jones,
Congratulations! Your loan has been approved
• 3.2 Feature Vs benefit approach
The printer prints 17 pages per
minute
You can turn out one of your 100
page document in six minutes.
• 3.3 Emphasize the positive points
– ‘Focus on the silver lining not the clouds’
– Substitute mild terms
• Cheap  economical
• Used cars resale cars
• High calorie high energy
The problem with this
department is a failure to
control costs.
The performance can be
improved by tightening up
cost controls
• 3.4 Use a Polite Tone
– Being courteous, showing consideration for the
needs of audience.
• 3.5 Using a bias free language:
– Avoid gender bias
– INSTEAD OF USE
• Mankind  Humanity
• Salesman  Sales representatives
• Manpower  Workforce
II. WRITING
1. Organise
• A message is well organised if all the
information flows together in a coherent
manner.
• Organising
– Saves time
– Improves efficiency
– Helps audience understand and accept your
message.
• To organise
– Define your main idea
– Structure your message
– Limit your scope
General purpose
• To inform
Specific purpose
• Teach customer
service reps
how to file
insurance
claims
Topic
• Insurance
claims
Main idea
• Proper filing by
reps saves the
company time
and money
• Main Point 1
• Sub point a
• Sub point b
• Main Point 2
• Sub point a
• Sub point b
OUTLINE
2. Composing :
– Use a tone that suits the situation
– Select appropriate words
– Create effective sentences and paragraphs
III. REVISING
• Evaluate the content, organisation, style and
tone
• Review for readability
– Proper vocabulary
– Right mix of short and long sentences
– Headings and subheadings
• Edit for clarity and conciseness

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9.written communication

  • 3. Three-Step Writing Process Step 1 Step 3Step 2 Planning Writing Completing
  • 4. I. Planning the message 1. Define your purpose 2. Develop an audience profile 3. Adapt your message
  • 5. 1.Defining your purpose • General purpose : – To inform – To persuade • Specific purpose – The exact goal to be accomplished – E.g.. Placing an order, or convincing management about a given proposal.
  • 6. 2. Developing audience profile • Identifying primary audience • Determining audience size • Audience composition • Level of understanding • Expectations and preferences Audience characteristics • Establish credibility • Choice of preferred media • Appropriate communication of required information. Purpose
  • 7. 3. Adapt your message • 3.1 Adopting an audience centred approach. – ‘YOU’ attitude instead of ‘I’. We shipped your order today. Your order will arrive on Thursday. Dear Mr. Jones I am happy to inform you that we have approved your loan. Dear Mr. Jones, Congratulations! Your loan has been approved
  • 8. • 3.2 Feature Vs benefit approach The printer prints 17 pages per minute You can turn out one of your 100 page document in six minutes.
  • 9. • 3.3 Emphasize the positive points – ‘Focus on the silver lining not the clouds’ – Substitute mild terms • Cheap  economical • Used cars resale cars • High calorie high energy The problem with this department is a failure to control costs. The performance can be improved by tightening up cost controls
  • 10. • 3.4 Use a Polite Tone – Being courteous, showing consideration for the needs of audience. • 3.5 Using a bias free language: – Avoid gender bias – INSTEAD OF USE • Mankind  Humanity • Salesman  Sales representatives • Manpower  Workforce
  • 11. II. WRITING 1. Organise • A message is well organised if all the information flows together in a coherent manner. • Organising – Saves time – Improves efficiency – Helps audience understand and accept your message.
  • 12. • To organise – Define your main idea – Structure your message – Limit your scope General purpose • To inform Specific purpose • Teach customer service reps how to file insurance claims Topic • Insurance claims Main idea • Proper filing by reps saves the company time and money • Main Point 1 • Sub point a • Sub point b • Main Point 2 • Sub point a • Sub point b OUTLINE
  • 13. 2. Composing : – Use a tone that suits the situation – Select appropriate words – Create effective sentences and paragraphs
  • 14. III. REVISING • Evaluate the content, organisation, style and tone • Review for readability – Proper vocabulary – Right mix of short and long sentences – Headings and subheadings • Edit for clarity and conciseness