Effective writing: a handbook for accountants

This guide covers all stages of the writing process-planning, critical thinking, generating and organizing ideas, writing the draft, revising, and designing for presentation. With an emphasis on coherence, conciseness, and clarity as the most important qualities of the writing done by accountants, it guides readers through the essential skills, highlights aspects of communication that can enhance writing skills, provides material on research, shows how to write for the workplace, and includes coverage of the ethics of communication.

Includes index.

Previous edition: 2012.

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES -- ch. 1 Accountants as Communicators -- What Do Accountants Write? -- How Well Do Accountants Write? -- What Makes Writing Work? -- Effective Writing: An Example -- You Can Become a Good Writer -- Writing and Other Forms of Communication -- Reading -- Listening -- Speaking -- Writing and Problem Solving -- Writing and Critical Thinking -- Communications and Ethics -- Conclusion -- Exercises -- Notes -- ch. 2 The Writing Process: An Overview -- Getting Started: Identifying Purpose -- Thinking Critically about the Issues -- Analyzing the Readers -- Getting Your Ideas Together -- Gathering Information -- Generating Ideas -- Arranging Ideas: Organization -- Writing the Draft -- Revising the Draft -- The Final Draft -- Dealing with Writer's Block -- Writing under Pressure -- Writing and Electronic Media -- Help from Colleagues: Critiquing -- Exercises -- ch. 3 The Flow of Thought: Organizing for Coherence -- Writing with Unity -- Using Summary Sentences -- Responding to Readers' Questions and Concerns -- Transitions -- Transitional Words and Phrases -- Repetition of Key Words and Phrases -- Pronouns Used to Achieve Cohere…