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Task 2 Business Writing Course

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COURSE: EFFECTIVE BUSINESS WRITING
COURSE OVERVIEW
Success in the business world partly depends on your capability to write well. Therefore, the
acquisition of effective business writing skills is important to power your ability to communicate
well and launch great ideas. This course is designed to develop your understanding of business
learning genres. At the end of the course, you should be able to write professional business
documents.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
After completing the course, students should be able to:
i. Write persuasively
ii. Write an executive summary
iii. Write a business email
iv. Understand different tones of writing in a business context
MODULES
Assigned Reading: Dennis, M. (2008). Effective business writing: The everyday guide to clear,
concise, and powerful writing. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
1. WEEK 1 (3
rd
9
th
May 2021): Introduction
Web-Conference Session (10mks)
Instructions:
We will know each other on the first session of the course. It will be a web conference session,
and all students must attend. Students who fail to attend the session will be delisted. The session
will start at 1400hrs to 1530hrs Atlantic Standard Time. Links to the web conference will be
posted here two hours before starting. Therefore, ensure that you join the conference before
1400hrs.
To DO List:
i. Each student will introduce himself/herself
ii. Each student to briefly discuss what he/she expects from the course.
2. WEEK 2(10
th
16
th
May 2021): Persuasive writing
2.1 Read chapter 1 of the assigned reading
2.2 Summarize the key lessons from the chapter
2.3 Post a reflection of the chapter on the discussion board (at least 200 words)
2.4 Respond to at least one post in the discussion board (at least 100 words)
2.5 Complete assignment 1
3. WEEK 3 (17
TH
- 23
rd
May 2021): Executive summary
3.1 Read chapter 3 of the assigned reading
3.2 Summarize the key lessons from the chapter
3.3 Post a reflection of the chapter on the discussion board (at least 200 words)
3.4 Respond to at least one post in the discussion board (at least 100 words)
3.5 Complete assignment 2
4. WEEK 4 (24
th
30
th
May 2021): Group Discussion
All students are expected to physically report to school from 24
th
to 28
th
May 2021 at 1200hrs to
1300hrs. We will have a group discussion in Hall 613 to explore what was learned in weeks 2

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COURSE: EFFECTIVE BUSINESS WRITING COURSE OVERVIEW Success in the business world partly depends on your capability to write well. Therefore, the acquisition of effective business writing skills is important to power your ability to communicate well and launch great ideas. This course is designed to develop your understanding of business learning genres. At the end of the course, you should be able to write professional business documents. COURSE OBJECTIVES After completing the course, students should be able to: i. Write persuasively ii. Write an executive summary iii. Write a business email i ...
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