Business Correspondence and Reporting is imperative for all professionals. The ability to propagate information accurately, and communicate clearly as intended, is a vital and most desirable skill sought by employers. Professionals are required to present reports, presentations, and share vital information formally within and outside the organization with the management, other sections, departments, business associates and stakeholders. The role of effective business correspondence in the success of any business cannot be over emphasized. This requires knowledge of the various information sharing formats and good language skills. Success of an accounting professional to a certain extent hinges on his ability to communicate well.

Therefore, CA students need to cultivate and enhance their writing skills to be able to express themselves effectively and present ideas unambiguously with clarity, coherence and precision.

The Study Material attempts to familiarize the student with the various formats of formal business correspondence, reporting and pertinent language skills like sentence structure and types of speech.

The contents are divided into four parts.

Part-1 covers Formal Communication, Interpersonal skills, listening skills and emotional intelligence.

Part-2 comprises Sentence types, Types of speech and Vocabulary.

Part-3 entails Comprehension passages and Note-making and

Part-4 describes techniques to develop writing skills and introduces the most commonly used writing formats like Précis’, Articles, Reports, Letters, Mails, Résumé and Agendas, Action taken reports for meetings.

ICAI CA Foundation Business Correspondence Reporting Notes & Lectures

Chapter 7: Precis Writing

Contents:

Précis Writing
(i) What is Précis writing?
(ii) Features of good Précis writing
(iii) How to write a Précis?
(iv) Do’s and Don’ts of Précis writing
(v) Examples (Passages with Précis)
(vi) Exercises

ICAI CA Foundation Business Correspondence Reporting:

Chapter 7 – Precis Writing Notes & Lectures