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University of Sunderland BA (Hons) Business Management

8:30am to 10:30am
Fridays
Full-time
Technical Report Writing
Mrs. Salisha Mohammed
San Fernando

Lecture Day &

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Lecture Topic (s)

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Reading

20
20

Other Matters

Frid

27-Sep-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

2.0

The purpose of report

writing

Lb

Understand how to adapt a

message for the intended
audience.Register with BBC
Skillswise

Frid

4-Oct-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

4.0

Define your message

Lb

Understand the importance of

Sections III
"specificity and clarity" in business
& IV
reports.

Frid

11-Oct-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

6.0

The importance of
communication.

Lb

Writing a
Demonstrate how to communicate Sections V &
cohesive
effectively with intended audience. VI
report.

Frid

18-Oct-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

8.0

Group presentation

Lb

Presentation and feedback of

group findings.

Frid

25-Oct-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

10.0

Business reports and

business e-mails

Lb

Create reports with appropriate

structure and logical sequence.
Section VII
Construct e-mails with professional
salutations and sign-offs.

Constructing
business emails

Frid

1-Nov-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

12.0

Energising your writing

style

Lb

Explain the rules of sentence

structure (syntax). Create parallel
structure in sentences.

Avoiding
verbatim
quotes.

Lb

Understanding the impact of

grammatical errors on the
intended audience.

Identify
grammatical
errors in
sample
business report.

Lb

Presentation and feedback of

group findings.

Group
evaluation of
presentations.

Lb

Evaluating the usefulness of

various software when
proofreading of reports.

Understand the
importance of
manual
proofreading.

Common grammatical
errors in report writing.

Frid

15-Nov-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

14.0

Frid

22-Nov-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

16.0 Group presentation

Frid

29-Nov-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

18.0

10

Frid

6-Dec-13

8:30am to 10:30am

2.0

20.0 Topic Review

T=Tutorial

UOS
Website

Grammar
quiz (1)

Importance of
varying
Grammar
sentence length quiz (2)
and structure.

Items Due For Next

Class

Group research on
sample business
report

Review results of
Grammar quiz.

Group research on
UOS.

Group
evaluation of
presentations.
General
academic
vocabulary

NO CLASS
SCHEDULED

8-Nov-13

Key / Legend
Lt = Lecture

Review UOS
Sections I & material on
II
assignment
writing

Questions

Lb = Lab

The importance of
proofreading.

Make
corrections Construct report for
and present business seminar
to group
(next session).
members.

Topic Review

Lb

EP = Exam Prep

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Date syllabus last modified: Jan 3, 2012

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