The professional's quick-reference handbook for writing business and technical reports Professionals in business, government, and technical fields often need help in organizing and writing reports for associates, clients, and managers. This simple tutorial handbook offers expert tips and useful ideas for organizing ideas, structuring reports, and adding spice to technical papers. Writing Reports to Get Results offers in-depth guidance for writing: short, informal reports, such as job progress reports and inspection reports semiformal reports, such as laboratory and medium-length investigation and evaluation reports formal reports, such as analytical and feasibility studies and major investigations technical and business proposals of varying complexity The authors use a simple pyramid method to help writers organize their information into the most convenient and simplest structure for any type of document-from single-page proposals to full-length presentations. Rounding out this easy, instructional handbook are helpful tips on a number of other topics, such as: constructing reference lists and bibliographies; the use of numbers, abbreviations, and metric symbols; preparing illustrations for insertion into a report; and working collaboratively as a member of a writing team.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the United Nations peace operations in Africa with a focus on civil-military coordination and state-building. With case studies from Sudan, South Sudan, and Congo, it examines themes like the colonization of Africa and long-term conflicts; United Nations peace operations in Africa from 1956-1964; and United Nations’ return to Africa in the 1990s and 2000s. The author investigates how modern civil-military coordination gradually becomes an effective tool to assist in national-level state-building in conflict-ridden countries. The volume also discusses the organizational culture of civilian and military entities as well as civil-military cooperation in health, agriculture, energy, sports, and education to showcase the strategic direction for long-term peace in the region. Rich in ethnographic analysis, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of African Studies, UN studies, peace and conflict studies, defence and strategic studies, international relations, and military studies.

CIMA offers a business qualification with a finance focus, aiming to produce members with accounting prowess who are skilled in strategic decision-making. 98% of its members work in business, the highest proportion of any worldwide accountancy body. New syllabus CIMA Paper E2 Enterprise Management is a compulsory paper at the Management level and is the second of three papers progressing up the Enterprise pillar.It builds on the functional knowledge found in Paper E1 Enterprise Operations toward an integrated view of management in the organisation.E2 introduces strategic ideas, tools and techniques essential for passing the three strategic level papers.Project Management comprises 40% of the syllabus with the remainder split evenly between Strategic Management and Assessing the Competitive Environment, and Management of Relationships.Credit will be given to students who passed Paper P5 under the 2005 syllabus against E2 in the 2010 syllabus. The E2 Study Text is your complete guide to the E2 syllabus. All areas of the syllabus are explained fully and links to E1 and E3 clearly identified. Section introductions ease you into the chapter topics and key terms you must know are shown clearly throughout. There are plenty of questions to sharpen your knowledge and case studies to bring material to life. Exam alerts and skills are signposted to guide you on approaching the exam.