HRDF Claimable - Developing Skills for Business and Investment Report Writing

This program focuses on developing the appropriate skills for report writing. It is intended to demonstrate the fundamental, ethics and competencies associated with writing the different types business and investment reports.

At the end of this course, participants should be able to enhance their understanding and expose themselves to the skills required in writing impressive business and investment reports.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this program, participants will be able:

• To highlight the fundamental and ethics of report writing
• To demonstrate the different styles and requirements in writing business and investment reports
• To train and equip participants with the right knowledge and skills in writing impressive business and investment report

TARGET PARTICIPANTS
This course is designed to boost young professionals develop top-notch writing skills to increase their efficiency and to support their organisations more effectively.

 It is especially suitable for administrative and investment executives and managers who would like to enhance their professional writing skills for business.

COURSE CONTENTS
Module 1: Getting to know YOU

Ice breaking and taaruf.

The interactive 'Getting to know YOU' session is conducted based on an online platform to collect basic information of the participants.

Module 2: What is “Business and Investment” Writing is All About?

a)     Fundamental and Ethics of Writing

b)     The What, Why and How (WWH) of Business and Investment Writing

 Module 3: Knowledge Enhancement on Business and Investment

a)     Investment Defined

b)     Risks and Expected Return

c)      Types of Investment – The Basic and Beyond!

d)     Valuation Models

e)     Quick Take on Assets Allocation and Portfolio Management

f)       Economics Performance and Outlook

 Module 4: Getting to Know Business and Investment Reports

a)     Reading Reports

b)     The Many Types of Business and Investment Reports

 Module 5: Mind Games

A mind and memory games that will stimulate the participants' way of thinking. A few business and investment jargons demonstrated during the training sessions will be used, whereby participants need to recall its definition and convey their understandings to other participants. In order to test the brain power, no gadgets are to be allowed.

 Model 6: All Geared UP!

• Brainstorming on WWH
• Identifying the Different Styles a Requirements in Writing Business and Investment Reports
• What is YOUR main objective?

 Module 7: Five TIPS on Writing Impressive Business and Investment Reports

P.S.C.R.N.

Plan. Simplified. Concise & Clear. Reread. Nurture

Module 8: Being and Doing Creates Having

Writing Activities

• Reading 1_Malaysia Investment Performance Report (MIDA) 2016, pages 9-11 & 96-113
• Reading 2_Financial Performance of Employees Provident Fund 2016, pages 91-92
• Reading 3_Bank Negara Malaysia Annual Report 2016, pages 16-23

• Reading 4_Securities Commission Malaysia Annual Report 2016, pages 111-123

DR. MAYA PUSPA RAHMAN

 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

Research Fellow, Centre for Islamic Economics

Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences

International Islamic University Malaysia

An educator with more than a decade’s experience in investment management and financial analysis. She was the Deputy Manager in the investment division of a leading Takaful company before holding her current position, after completing her PhD in Islamic Banking and Finance. 

 She has been actively involved in research and publications on finance and technology, namely; crowdfunding, complementary currencies, bonds, sukuk and structured products. She has also secured national and international research grants, and has been conducting training and intellectual discourse for government agencies.

 A strong advocator for economic and financial education among young adults, she emphasizes on the practical concepts when she lectures for courses in relation to Money, Banking and Capital Markets, Financial Economics, as well as Islamic Banking and Finance, for effective learning.