Collaborative Business Writing Training

Collaborative Business Writing Training

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Lesson One

Getting Started

• Housekeeping Items
• Pre-Assignment Review
• Workshop Objectives
• Action Plan

Lesson Two

What is Collaborative Business Writing?

• Clarifying the Objective
• Practical Writing Approaches
• Collaborative Writing Strategies
• Collaborative Writing Patterns
• Case Study

Lesson Three

Types Of Collaborative Business Writing

• Parallel Structure –‘cut and paste’
• Parallel Structure –‘puzzle’
• Sequential Summative Construction
• Integrating Construction
• Case Study

Lesson Four

Collaborative Team Members

• Team Leader Selection
• Chief Editor Designation
• Attributes of Team Members
• Ways to Build Collaborative Writing Team
• Case Study

Lesson Five

Collaborative Tools and Processes

• Outlines and Storyboards
• Collaborative Planning
• Collaborative Revision
• Collaborative Team Cohesion
• Case Study

Lesson Six

Setting Style Guidelines

• Voice and Person
• Format
• Consistent Spelling of Commonly Used Words
• Amounts as Words or Statistics
• Case Study

Lesson Seven

Barriers to Successful Collaborative Writing

• Hoarding
• Innovation
• Search
• Knowledge Transfer
• Case Study

Lesson Eight

Overcoming Collaborative Writing Barriers

• Practicing T-shaped Control
• Construction Network of Alliances
• Implementing Enablers
• Assessing the Culture and Areas for Development
• Case Study

Lesson Nine

Styles Of managing Conflict

• Ensure that Good Relationships are the First Priority
• Keep People and Problems Independent
• Pay Attention to the Interests which are Being Presented
• Listen First, Chat Second
• Case Study

Lesson Ten

Tips for Successful Business Writing Collaboration

• Determine Purpose
• Formulate Outline and Organisational Format
• Selection of Team Leader
• Assign Writing Tasks and Associated Duties
• Case Study

Lesson Eleven

Examples of Collaborative Business Writing

• Composing Emails
• Writing Reports
• Writing Training Manuals
• Writing Company Handbooks
• Case Study

Lesson Twelve

Wrapping Up

• Words From The Wise
• Lessons Learned
• Recommended Reading
• Completion Of Action Plans And Tests