Radical Reporting Writing Better Audit, Risk, Compliance, and Information Security Reports
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2022
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| Schriftenreihe: | Security, Audit and Leadership Ser
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-2070s |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Intro
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author Page
- Introduction
- Part 1: Words in the mind
- Chapter 1: Communication and culture
- National or regional culture
- Sector culture
- Profession- and specialism-specific culture
- Organizational culture
- Notes
- Chapter 2: Communication within and among teams
- Within
- Between or among
- Upward and outward
- Notes
- Chapter 3: Clarity: The theory
- Habit
- Tiredness
- Fear
- Clarity and success
- Lack of clarity - and failure
- Ego and overcompensation
- The ethics of clear communication
- Notes
- Part 2: Words on the page
- Chapter 4: Clarity: The practice
- The ABCs
- Active
- Brief
- Concrete
- Other hindrances to clear writing
- Personal hang-ups
- Corporatespeak (yes, again)
- Mechanical mistakes: Basic accuracy
- Mechanical mistakes: Grammar (including punctuation)
- Mechanical mistakes: Usage
- Help is at hand
- Help yourself, help your readers
- Notes
- Chapter 5: Planning
- The James Ratio
- Mind-mapping
- Outlines
- Mini-outlines
- Notes
- Chapter 6: Structure and layout
- Structure
- Layout
- Templates
- Notes
- Part 3: Words into action
- Chapter 7: Findings or observations and recommendations
- Who is not doing what?
- So what?
- How did this happen?
- Notes
- Chapter 8: Executive summaries
- Audience and purpose
- Meeting your audience's needs: what to include in an executive summary
- Meeting your audience's needs: what to exclude from an executive summary
- Executive summaries and emotions
- Notes
- Chapter 9: Reviewing: Making the gain outweigh the pain
- Reviewing, editing, and proofreading
- Reviewing in the workplace
- Reviewing your own work
- Reviewing another's work - and having your own work reviewed
- Proposed submission and review process for reports
- Writing checklist
- Reviewing checklist
- Notes
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Resources
- Dictionaries
- Grammar and usage, including style guides (also called usage dictionaries)
- Language in the workplace
- History of the language, and linguistics
- Writers on writing
- Notes
- Index