Writing and communication skills have degraded with more and more people communicating through email and instant messaging. Developing writing skills is still important in the business world, as is creating proper documents (such as proposals, reports, and agendas), giving you that extra edge in the workplace.

Acquire the knowledge and skills to collaborate with others and create that important document. Touch on the types of collaboration, and ways to improve them through certain tools and processes. These basic skills will provide you with that extra benefit in the business world that a lot of people are losing.

• Define collaborative business writing
• Know different types of collaborative writing
• Know how to collaborate with team members
• Learn methods of handling conflict in writing
• Build collaborative writing teams

Course Content

Lessons

Module One: Getting Started

 

Module Two: What is Collaborative Business Writing?

 

Module Three: Types of Collaborative Business Writing

 

Module Four: Collaborative Team Members

 

Module Five: Collaborative Tools and Processes

 

Module Six: Setting Style Guidelines

 

Module Seven: Barriers to Successful Collaborative Writing

 

Module Eight: Overcoming Collaborative Writing Barriers

 

Module Nine: Styles of Dealing with Conflict

 

Module Ten: Tips for Successful Business Writing Collaboration

 

Module Eleven: Examples of Collaborative Business Writing

 

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up