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Effective Writing: A Handbook for Finance People
0137594089

Claire B. May, University of South Alabama
Gordon S. May, University of Georgia
D. Andrew, Jr., BIA Consulting, Inc.

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1999
Format: Paper; 272 pp

ISBN-10: 0137594089
ISBN-13:9780137594085Help icon

Our Price: £19.99
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Estimated Availability: 20 Jan 1999
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  • Offers a detailed exploration of the writing process, examining...

    • Planning, including analysis of audience and purpose. (Ch. 2)

      • Generating and organizing ideas.
      • (Ch. 2)

    • Writing the draft. (Ch. 3)

    • Revising for readable style and correct grammar. (Chs. 4 & 5)

    • Designing the document for effective presentation. (Ch. 6)

  • Includes chapters that focus on the various types of documents used by financial professionals in actual practice, such as...

    • Letters. (Ch. 8)

    • Memos (including e-mail). (Ch. 9)

    • Reports. (Ch. 10)

  • Stresses coherence, conciseness, and clarity as the most essential qualities of effective writing. (Chs. 3 & 4)
  • Features a section on Writing and Your Career, exploring the writing required for professional examinations, résumés and letters of application, and publication. (Chs. 11,12, & 13)
  • Reaches beyond the written word to include a chapter on oral presentations. (Ch. 14)
  • Includes in Chapter 7 a section on financial research, offering valuable reference material on such topics as...

    • Where to find financial information (including Internet sites).

    • How to write citations of financial sources (including Internet sources).

  • Provides finance-related exercises and assignments at the end of each chapter that reinforce concepts from the text.
 
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