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Unit 9: Propose and decide

Say it first, and show the numbers

Read this before the quizzes

Recommendation first: the order a decision-maker needs

Cost, risk and payback in plain numbers

Describing data: the claim, the figure, the comparison, the caution

Summarising a longer text in your own words

Which opening is best?

The payback

Percentage points

Careful about cause

Answers and why: say it first, and show the numbers

The five documents

Recommendation memo: what it is for and how to write it

Proposal: what it is for and how to write it

Business case: what it is for and how to write it

Describing data and charts: what it is for and how to write it

Summary of a longer document or article: what it is for and how to write it

The trap in each document

Which document, which part, question 1

Which document, which part, question 2

Which document, which part, question 3

Which document, which part, question 4

Answers and why: the five documents

Worked examples

Worked example 1: a memo that leads with the choice

Worked example 2: options on the same five years

Worked example 3: from a table to a careful paragraph

Words, games and review

Word Quest: 49 words to carry

Word game: five from this unit

Unit quest

Unit recap and crossword

Take charge

Take charge: say it first

Your mission this week

Check yourself

Documents that exist to get a decision: recommendation memo, proposal, business case, describing data and summary, with the numbers a decision-maker needs.

Propose and decide. Some documents exist to get a decision: a recommendation memo, a proposal, a business case, a paragraph that describes a table, and a summary.

Business Writing Unit 9: Propose and decide

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