BCOM 230 Week 4 DQ 1: Effective Communication Strategies for Accountants in Providing Information BCOM 230 Week 4 DQ 1 As an accountant, how might you ensure you are providing your audience with the appropriate amount of information in the most appropriate ways? As an accountant, I would take the following steps to ensure that the audience will have the appropriate amount of information: • Know my audience. • Know the purpose of the communiqué to achieve the communication goal. • Determine how much information the audience knows or does not know. • Determine the items of information the message will contain. • Give each item the emphasis it deserves. Types of emphasis: o position o space o structure o mechanical devices I would u se the three main stages of the writing process: planning, drafting, and revising . Although, all parts are important in the writing process, I believe p lanning is the most important. Planning consists of three general activities: gathering and collecting information, analyzing and organizing information, and choosing the form, channel, and format for the message. A business report is an orderly and objective communication of factual information that serves a business purpose. Reports are a type of information that is factual and serves as a business purpose. I would take the same steps as stated above plus addition steps for report writing . In a report, I would have to determine whether I choose a short report or a long report depending on who my audience is . There are different types of reports available.