The major types of Business Correspondence are:
Business Letters
Business Memos
Business Faxes
Business E-mails
Subject And Verb Agreement
Defining the organizational purpose is crucial. It is also more difficult than one
might think. Peter Drucker emphasizes the point that an organization’s purpose
should be examined and defined not only at the inception or during difficult times
but also during successful periods. If the rail road companies of the early 1900s
had defined their organizational purpose as developing a firm position in the
transportation business rather than imitating themselves strictly to the rail to the
rail business, they might today hold the same economic position that they did at
the turn of century.
NAME: Sandra Saccoor
REGISTRATION #: 11/0806/6274
COURSE CODE: ECN 125
LECTURER: Mr. D. Carpen
CONTENTS
ITEM PAGE
Subject And Verb Agreement 1
Types of Business Correspondence 2
Example of Job Application-Cover Letter 3
Example of Resume 4
Rules For Summarizing 5
Paraphrase-Definition And Examples 6
Rules For Summarizing
1. Read the original quickly, and try to understand its main subject or purpose.
2. Then you will need to read it again to understand it in more detail.
3. Underline or make a marginal note of the main issues. Use a highlighter if this helps.
4. Look up any words or concepts you don’t know, so that you understand the author’s sentences and how they relate to each other.
5. Work through the text to identify its main sections or arguments. These might be expressed as paragraphs or web pages.
6. Remember that the purpose [and definition] of a paragraph is that it deals with one issue or topic.
7. Draw up a list of the topics – or make a diagram. [A simple picture of boxes or a spider diagram can often be helpful.]
8. Write