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SAIGA's
Skills Transfer
& Educational Programmes STEPSTM
EFFECTIVE WRITING
SKILLS COURSE
Course Facts
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Full
course name: |
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Effective Writing Skills Course |
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Short
name: |
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Writing
Skills Course |
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Duration
of course: |
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4 days |
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Educational Credits: |
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25 |
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Certificate issued: |
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Yes |
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Cost: |
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R
5,500.00 plus 14% VAT (R770.00) = R 6,270.00 |
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Presenters: |
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Our
presenters are a blend of professional managers,
accountants and educators with wide experience
in the presentation of courses in the public
sector. The high esteem of SAIGA courses has
been developed over a number of years by
involving only experts in the development and
presentation of the CPE opportunities. |
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Dates: |
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05 to 08 June 2012
10 to 13 September 2012 |
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Venue: |
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PRETORIA
(participants will be advised regarding the
specific venue, which depends on availability
and number of participants interested in the
course) |
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Times: |
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The
daily programme of the course starts at 08:30
and ends at 16:00 On the last day of the course
the programme ends at 15:00 to accommodate
travel arrangements of participants |
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Quality
assurance |
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SAIGA
and the Public Finance Management Academy has
entered into co-operation agreements with
educational experts to function as quality
assurer of this course and the course design,
structure and material are subject to quality
control and assessment by educational and
professional experts. |
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Applicability: |
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Suitable
for staff from national & provincial
departments, public entities and organisations
supporting these entities. |
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Approach: |
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The
course is developed and structured on the
outcomes based education (OBE) model. |
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Accreditation: |
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This Course was accredited by the National
Treasury's Validation Board until it ceased to
operate in 2006. |
 Download
the full course brochure
(pdf format)
Background
The Public Finance
Management Act (and the MFMA) as well as related
legislation and regulations require public sector staff
to manage every aspect of their entities’ operation.
Effective communication is the foundation of management
and because the PFMA/MFMA also aims to improve public
accountability, this implies that many reports have to
be prepared (to account for what has been done), proper
motivations be prepared (e.g. when purchasing
something). In addition to this, the notion of
transparency and inclusiveness implies that
communication between managers in general, is increased.
We spend 75% of our time reading or writing documents,
yet so much official communication is badly written.
This course provides practical techniques to create
informative documents for every management occasion. The
programme focuses on writing precisely and enhancing the
writing ability that every individual possesses. The
course is especially useful if English is your second
language.
This course:
When participants complete the "Effective Writing
Skills" course, they will know how to:
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compose clear, concise sentences
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avoid common errors
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write for a specific readership
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structure their writing
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use writing conventions successfully
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analyse and edit their documents
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write for different circumstances
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create "user-friendly" documents
Who should attend:
Managers, management support staff, and any individual
wishing to improve their writing ability.
Course content:
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An orientation to marketplace and organisational
writing
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The role reading plays in developing the skill
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An understanding of the
organisation/department’s voice
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Principles of effective business writing. These
include being
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Purposeful
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Reader-directed
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Business-minded
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Clear
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Concise
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Accessibly structured.
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Style and tone suited to the purpose
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Simplifying words, sentences and paragraphs to
eliminate cumbersome writing.
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Grammatical principles to ensure technically
correct documents
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Structuring sentences, paragraphs and content
for easy sense
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Obtaining coherence and cohesion through links
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Thinking skills
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Gathering information
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Organising thoughts
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Planning strategies
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Reader’s styles/needs
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Elements of logic
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Planning: Starting the concept, objective,
scope, depth, angle, reader, purpose, action
required
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Drafting: Conclusions, headlines, executive
summary, structuring information
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Editing (Forms a critical part of the training)
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Documents include: emails, memos, letters and
reports. It is advisable to do minutes of meetings
as an addition to the writing course or separately,
as it also requires training in:
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Reports – all aspects are covered including:
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The nature of reports
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Preparation
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Structuring (also graphs, figures and
tables)
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Argument/logic
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Categories e.g. informative, evaluative,
audit and annual reports.
Course content and focus of discussions may be adjusted
and the emphasis changed depending on feed-back and
questions from participants.
Booking and cancellation policies
Bookings
Since only a limited number of participants can be accommodated,
bookings will be handled on a first-come-first-served basis. To
avoid disappointment submit your registration as soon as
possible.
Changes / cancellations:
Tax invoices will be issued (faxed and posted) on receipt of
your booking. Once a tax invoice has been issued the
department/delegate will be held liable for payment of the full
course fee. No refunds can be made, but alternative delegates
(substitutes) may attend the same course at no extra cost. All
booking changes or cancellations are charged at R1,368.00
(R1,200 plus 14% VAT) per delegate booking. No cancellations or
changes in booking will be accepted if not received in writing
at least 5 working days before the course. Invoices must be paid
before the course starts. No certificates will be issued if
payment is outstanding. Outstanding payments incur 2% interest
per month. Due to the minimal information which banks provide in
respect of direct deposits, participant have to fax their
deposit slips / electronic transfer slips to the Secretariat and
state the invoice number/(s) to which the deposit refers. As
required by recent legislation, VAT numbers have to be provided
with registration. The Institute reserves the right to cancel a
particular course due to unforeseen circumstances e.g.
insufficient bookings or unavailability of venues (in the last
few years, only a few courses had to be cancelled). In such
event, participants will be informed at least two weeks before
the scheduled course date of such cancellations. Participants
who have paid their fees will receive full refunds in the event
of SAIGA cancelling a course (SAIGA’s liability in such event is
limited to this refund).
To register for
this course, or any other course, kindly complete our online registration form:
 CLICK
HERE TO ACCESS THE COURSE APPLICATION FORMS
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