Synopsis

Business Writing for Engineers

The Course discusses professional business writing in the English language. It starts with a brief on why effective writing is important for a company and its employees. This will be followed by discussions and practical activities on:
• The purpose and planning of business writing, using the 5W-1H questions.
• Some proposed Basic English grammatical and vocabulary ideas for writing.
• Different types of correspondence and their structures.
• Business Reports – types of reports and discussion on planning and structure of Short/Semi-formal Reports


About The Course Leader

Ir. Robert Teh graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Malaya in 1971. He has had very wide working experience in engineering operations, technical services, marketing management and general management, in Malaysia and South-East Asia. His assignments include managing engineering, marketing and branch & regional operations for American and European manufacturers in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. The companies he had been employed with include Esso Malaysia Bhd., UMW Malaya Bhd., Salcon Engineering Sdn. Bhd., and KSB Amri Sdn. Bhd., based in Malaysia, and Amri Pte. Ltd., Masoneilan (SEA) Pte. Ltd., and RB Machinery (SEA) Pte. Ltd., based in Singapore. Until his retirement from full-time employment in 2005, he was registered as a Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia, and Singapore.

Subsequent to his retirement, he has been an external editor of instructional modules at the Centre for Instructional Design and Technology, Open University Malaysia.


Who Could Benefit From the Course
• Project Engineers
• Project Managers
• Project Executives
• Project Architects
• Quantity Surveyors
• Site Managers / Site Agents
• Site Supervisors
• Developers
• Contractors and sub-contractors