Adding Value: Understanding the Business Background and Presenting Business Information

This course is now offered as an in-house/on-site course for groups or as an on demand one-to-one coaching session.

Being able to write up and present the results of business research is every bit as important as doing the research. Any piece of research done by a business information department needs to distinguish itself by communicating what has been found, accurately and effectively by presenting a well thought out response that clearly answers a specific enquiry. Getting just the right amount of information of the best quality, well presented in a useable format, to an agreed time scale, however tight, does require a good deal of experience. It also needs a wide knowledge of international business and sources and is a real analytical skill, unique in the organisation and one that adds value to the decision making process.

In this basic level course, the principles of adding value to international business research by understanding the business concepts that lie behind the research and ways of presenting the results will be examined in detail.

outcomes:

• an understanding of the general business knowledge required to produce quality business information
• formats and models to use when presenting business research
• ability to present clear communication of results from research sources

programme:
Topics covered include:

• business information enquiry
• presenting business research
• writing up research

speaker:
Sylvia James , Management Consultant
Consultant specialising in business information provision.
Sylvia James has worked as a management consultant for many years. She has advised on projects for a wide range of international industrial and financial services companies and non-profit organisations as a researcher and consultant, specialising in all aspects of their business information provision. As part of her wide ranging consultancy activities, she writes articles and courses, lectures and holds management briefings in Europe, Asia and North America.
In 2007, Sylvia was awarded the ALA Brass Thomson Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship.