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Delivering Your Academic Business Report

This short course focuses on producing your academic business report using the skills and knowledge gained during this program.

  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements
Educators

Bring what you’ve learned together

This short course focuses on the case study set for the summative task. During the course, you’ll have the opportunity to discuss how you will use the case study, how you will supplement it, which key areas you will analyse and how these can be explained or developed.

You will also have a chance to look at error correction exercises and think about ways to improve the structure and organisation of your draft report.

What topics will you cover?

  • How to draft and improve your summative business report
  • How to spot and correct common student errors
  • How to write a brief self-evaluation

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Recognise how the examples studied throughout the program can be applied to your coursework task
  • Reflect on peer or tutor feedback on your report plan in order to improve your final submission
  • Produce a well-organised report that is clear and which integrates cross-cultural theories into its analysis

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of writing and understanding business reports with an academic influence.

Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.

Who will you learn with?

James Henry

James is module leader for English Business Communication and Report Writing Skills. He is also involved in other English language modules across the university.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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