Writing for Business

Effective communication skills are essential in professional correspondence or report preparation. This guide provides a list of resources pertaining to various aspects of written communication.

Websites

General Writing Guides:

• UWO Student Development Center
• OWL - Online Writing Lab
• Assignment Planner
• University of Ottawa - HyperGrammar
• University of Toronto - Advice on Academic Writing
• Online Dictionaries - Multilingual

Business Writing:

• Recommended Headings for Business Reports
• BuyandSell.gc.ca: Writing a Proposal
• CanadaOne Magazine: The Lost Art of Business Letter Writing
• Tips for Writing a Business Proposal
• Business Dictionaries

Citation:

• Business Citation Guide
• OWL - Citation Resources

Books

Business Writing:

• The AMA handbook of business documents (Online)
• Better Business Writing (Sunday Times) HF5718.3.F67 2002
• Booher's Rules of Business Grammar PE1115.B626 2009
• Brilliant Business Writing HF5718.3.T397 2009
• The business writer's companion HF5718.3.A67 2011
• Executive Writing Skills for Managers HF5718.3.T35 2009
• How To Write Effective Business English PE1479.B87T35 2009
• Pearson business reference and writer's handbook PE1115.M66 2010
• A student's guide to writing business reports HF5719.R625 2010
• The truth about the new rules of business writing (Online)

Dictionaries and Thesauri:

• The Oxford Thesaurus:American Edition PE1591.U735 1997
• Roget's International Thesaurus PE1591.R73 1992
• Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary PE1625.F8 1986
• Random House Dictionary of the English Language PE1625.R3 1987

Articles (UWO proxy access required)

• The art of effective business writing
  Financial Express. New Delhi: Jul 2011
• Building Your Business Writing
  Grensing, Lin. Management World. Washington: Mar/Apr 1988. Vol. 17, Iss. 2; p. 17
• The do's & dont's of writing a winning business plan
  Brown, Carolyn M. Black Enterprise. New York: Apr 1996. Vol. 26, Iss. 9; p. 114
  
• Good guidelines
  Pearson, George. Administrative Assistant's Update. Jul 2011. p. 5
  
• Guide to Managerial Communication: Effective Business Writing and Speaking
  Martha Levine. Journal of Business and Technical Communication. Thousand Oaks: Apr 2001. Vol. 15, Iss. 2; p. 252
• Report writing: a tried, tested and successful approach
  Clare Forrest. Training Journal. Ely: Apr 2004. p. 16
  
• Ten tips for better business writing
  Edwin Powell. Office Solutions. Mt. Airy: Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 20, Iss. 6; p. 36
• Tips for effective business writing
  Anonymous. The American Salesman. Burlington: Sep 2002. Vol. 47, Iss. 9; p. 27

Library Catalogue

An up-to-date list of book titles can be retrieved by searching the Library Catalogue using the following SUBJECTs:

Business Writing:

Business communication
Business report writing
Business writing
Business writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Proposal Writing in Business

General Writing Guides:

English Language --- Business English
English Language --- Dictionaries
English Language --- Grammar
English Language --- Rhetoric
English Language --- Style