Professional Communication Report: Analysis of Bad Writing Practices

This report delves into the realm of professional communication, with a particular focus on the detrimental effects of poor writing. It examines how inadequate communication, such as poorly structured emails and unclear memos, can negatively impact businesses and their employees. The report highlights the importance of clear, concise, and relevant communication in maintaining morale, fostering understanding, and preventing misunderstandings. It further explores the consequences of bad writing, including wasted time, diminished respect, and the potential loss of valuable ideas. The report emphasizes the need for individuals to master the fundamentals of effective writing to avoid these pitfalls and ensure clear and effective communication within professional settings. The report also includes references to relevant literature such as García, Crespo & Bermúdez (2017) and Gardner (2018) to support the claims made in the analysis.

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Bad example of Business Writing
In this particular example, formatting of this email is not ideal as well as the writing
structure of this email is not right. This bad writing would affect the morale of the guy who sent
that mail. Poor writing could cost any business and sales. If the descriptions of the subject are not
clear, people won’t be able to understand it. If it is non-profit organization, writing publicity
materials poorly would cost the organization donations and volunteers. Poor writing would cost
time (García, Crespo & Bermúdez, 2017). The internal communications such as memos, emails
and reports should be clear, complete and relevant. If they are not, people would find it difficult
in explaining or understanding them. Ever worse, misinformed or confused people might just do
work in wrong way or might do wrong work totally. Bad writing is just wastage of time.
Poor writing could damage morale of the employee. This might undermine the
respect within workplace. Poor written communication among employees such as memos from
boss, letters from CEO, emails from director and training manuals could totally confuse the
employees. Poor writing would also mean lost ideas (Gardner, 2018). If individuals cannot write

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properly, they could not share their ideas properly. Poor writing could leave best ideas disappear
in fog. Writing could be improved by covering up the basics of writing. Understanding of
writing’s basic principles is required for good writing. After writing, it should be checked
properly to see if there are mistakes in the writing.

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References
García, E., Crespo, P., & Bermúdez, I. (2017). Writing an independently composed sentence by
Spanish-speaking children with and without poor transcription skills: A writing-level
match design. Journal of learning disabilities, 50(5), 511-521.
Gardner, P. (2018). Writing and writer identity: the poor relation and the search for voice in
‘personal literacy’. Literacy, 52(1), 11-19.