- Norwegian
- PRK 3661
- 7.5 Credits
Introduction
Successful PR- and marketing communications professionals must understand the principles of good written communication. Poor writing skills diminish organizational credibility, internally and externally, especially for the person who has developed the text. Good texts, have a foundation of proper research, analysis and planning. Text design stems from such skills, adjusted to genre, model reader and goals. A text must be both well-written and correctly written, according to the respective standards and rules of the language used.
Skills acquired in this course will prove to be useful and transferable to all jobs and positions where communication skills are prerequisites.
Course content
Written communication in business
To give business a voice
- The starting point for the company's voice
- Who is responsible for providing, developing and maintaining the company's voice?
- Review of relevant rhetorical, linguistic and other epistemological techniques
- How to choose the formats that best suit the business
Written and general media relations
- The press release
- The background paper
- Chronicle, and readers letters to the editor
- E-mail correspondence with a journalist (the written interview)
- Speeches
Written communication for internal audiences
- Internal newspapers
- Intranet
- Joint letters to employees (electronically or on paper)
- Bulletins
- Internal presentations
Direct follow-up via
- Individuals, organizations and other pressure groups
- Governmental bodies, letters to the editor, blog comments, etc.
- Recorded statements of hearings
Special occasions
- Crises, conflicts, restructuring and other situations that require special care
- Stock exchange announcements, profit warnings
Law and Ethics
- Legislation must be taken into account when writing
- Editorial responsibility and adherence to ethical guidelines
Disclaimer
This is an excerpt from the complete course description for the course. If you are an active student at BI, you can find the complete course descriptions with information on eg. learning goals, learning process, curriculum and exam at portal.bi.no. We reserve the right to make changes to this description.