Designed for courses in technical communication, report writing, and business communication. This easy-to-use reference handbook is designed to help business/technical professionals and students alike write effective reports. Various reports are covered and explained through the use of Blicq's famous “pyramid method” - a technique that helps the writer identify the most important points of the report and group the remaining information in a logical, sequential manner. Guidelines for Report Writing is an excellent resource for one-semester introductory technical writing courses, and follow-up courses devoted exclusively to report-writing.

Guidelines for Report Writing (4th Edition)

Engineering & Transportation

Blicq, Ronald S.

Moretto, Lisa A.

Engineering

Pearson Education Canada

Designed for courses in Business Communication. Following in the tradition of their bestselling Guidelines for Report Writing, Blicq and Moretto now apply the same succinct, real-world oriented approach to the basics of business communication. This book will help readers write more effective business letters, memos, reports, and proposals, by showing them how to create messages that achieve the desired results and encourage recipients to take action. The authors show how to apply the proven pyramid method, while providing easy-to-use templates that help structure coherent letters, reports, and proposals.

Get to the Point! Writing Email, Letters, Memos, Reports and Proposals

Business & Money

Skills

Guidelines for Report Writing

Reference

Blicq, Ronald

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

PRENTICE/HALL

"This new edition of a quick and easy-to-read reference guide helps professionals and students learn to write effective reports. The popular ?Pyramid Method? of writing is introduced to show readers how to structure and organize their documents to create a clear and concrete writing style. Updates to the third edition include new examples, new report samples, and a more thorough description of the writing process. An expanded documentation section now includes references to both APA and MLA formats. The report section has been expanded to include a new report type, the Project Completion Report. Professionals who need to document projects and ideas efficiently and effectively will learn techniques to help them organize their thoughts into coherent, well-structured reports. This book speaks the language of the technical professional and will be of particular use to engineers, technicians, project managers, consultants, architects, and managers in fields ranging from construction to telecommunications and financial services." Sponsored by: IEEE Professional Communications Society

Writing Reports to Get Results: Quick, Effective Results Using the Pyramid Method

Blicq, Ron S.

Literature & Fiction

Wiley-IEEE Press

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