CONTENTS
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         1 BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE: BASIC PRINCIPLES
         The Aim and Language of a Letter
         Conventions and Format
         The Pattern of Correspondence
         General Effectiveness in Writing
         2 TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
         Opening the Negotiations: The First Letter of Enquiry
         Responding to Negotiations: The Letter in Reply
         Placing an Order
         Acknowledging an Order
         Further Negotiations: Requests For Better Terms
         Further Negotiations: Replies to Requests For Better Terms
         Further Negotiations: Agency Agreements
         Alternative Ways of Expressing Oneself
         Language Notes and Exercises
         3 COMPLAINTS AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM
         Complaints and Replies in General
         Complaints about Poor Quality and Replies to Them
         Complaints about Poor Service and Replies to Them
         Unjustified Complaints and Replies to Them
         Alternative Ways of Expressing Oneself
         Language Notes and Exercises
         4 EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS AND REFERENCES
         The Curriculum Vitae or Resume
         The Letter of Application Enclosing a Curriculum Vitae
         Letters of Application:
         For a Secretarial Post
         For a Managerial Post
         References
         Language Notes and Exercises
         5 COLLECTlON LETTERS
         The First, Second and Third Letters Calling for Overdue Payment
         Alternative Ways of Expressing Oneself
         Language Notes and Exercises
         6 SALESLETTERS
         Functions of Sales Letters
         Factors in Planning Sales Letters
         Aims of Sales Letters: Selling by Mail
         Producing Sales Enquiries
         Stimulating Visits to a Showroom
         Creating Goodwill
         Language Notes and Exercises
         7 CORRESPONDENCE SUMMARlES
         Methods of Summarisation
         Types of Summary
         Summarisation as a Whole
         Summarisation by Stages
         Worked Examples
         Language Notes and Exercises
         8 CTHER FORMS OF WRlTTEN COMMUNlCATlON
         Memoranda: Pattem and Principles
         Types of Memoranda: Giving Instructions
         Asking for Instructions
         Reporting on Action Taken
         Reporting an Incident
         Discussing Company Policy
         Simple Memos
         Proposals
         Heads of Agreement
         Language Notes and Exercises
         9 REPORT WRITING
         1O Full Investigative Reports
         Approaches to Investigative Reports: Tenns of Reference
         Preparation
         Organisation
         Writing
         Letters and Memoranda of Transmittal
         Example A: A Full Investigative Report
         Short Reports
         Example B: A Short Report
         Mixed-Form Reports
         Example C: A Mixed-Fonn Report
         Eye-Witness Reports
         Example D: An Eye-Witness Report
         Language Notes and Exercises
         THE PREPARATION AND RECORDlNG OF MEETlNGS
         Preparing the Agenda
         Writing the Minutes
         ll SPEAKlNG IN PUBUC
         Approaches to Speaking in Public
         Preparation
         Methods of Delivery
         Visual Aids
         Aspects of Presentation: Introduction to a presentation
         The main body of a presentation
         Concluding a presentation
         Answering questions
         Style in presentation
         APPENDlCES: A. The Export Trade: Shipping, Payment and Banking Services
         Glossary of Commercial Terms
         B Jargon to be Avoided
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