© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Completing Reports and Proposals
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Three-Step Writing Process Planning Writing Completing
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Finalizing Formal Reports and Proposals Revising Producing Proofreading Distributing
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Revising Reports and Proposals Style and tone Organization Readability Content
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Producing Reports and Proposals Design elements Report-writing teams Computer resources Audience expectations
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Components of Formal Reports Prefatory parts Text of the report Supplementary parts
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Prefatory Parts Report cover Title fly and title page Authorization letter Acceptance letter Letter of transmittal Table of contents List of illustrations Synopsis/executive summary
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Text of the Report Introduction Body Closing
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Supplementary Parts Appendixes Bibliography Index
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Components of Formal Proposals Cover Title fly Title page Table of contents List of illustrations Copy of RFP Synopsis/executive summary Letter of transmittal
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Text of the Proposal Introduction Body Closing
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Proofreading Reports and Proposals Inconsistencies Errors Missing components –Spelling –Text placement –Punctuation –Visual aids
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Distributing Reports and Proposals Physical Electronic Web-based
© Prentice Hall, 2008 Business Communication Today, 9eChapter Writing Requests for Proposals Company backgroundCompany background Project descriptionProject description Overall requirementsOverall requirements Decision-making criteriaDecision-making criteria Proposal requirementsProposal requirements Submission/contact informationSubmission/contact information