CCOG for CEU 3391 Winter 2025
- Course Number:
- CEU 3391
- Course Title:
- Business Writing That Works
- Credit Hours:
- 0.7
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Course topics: The four C’s: clear, concise, complete, correct. Word agreement. Active, passive voice. Sentences, sentence types. Readability index. Manners , courtesy. Practical and inclusive language. Sentence construction, punctuation, writing business letters, memos, e-mails, spelling, proofreading, reviewing.
Intended Outcomes for the course
As a result of the course, participants will be able to: Recognize the importance of minute-taking. Develop key minute-taking skills, i.e. listening, critical thinking, and organizational skills. Resolve many of the complaints that affect minute-takers. Write minutes that are suitable for formal meetings, semiformal meetings, and action minutes. Be an efficient minute-taker in any type of meeting.
Be able to prepare and maintain a minute book.