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Nikkei Business Associé

September 20, 2005 Issue

FEATURE 1 The Secret for Creating Impressive Business Documents to Improve Your Persuasive Power and Evaluation at Work Ultimate techniques for creating and using documents Managers Questionnaire Subordinates who are good at creating documents are also good at their jobs The Basics of Document Creation Getting rid of poorly written documents — The key is to use a blueprint Using documents to solve problems: A-3 sheets used by Toyota Motor Creating documents that effectively communicate their meaning (Part 1): Mind-mapping documents Creating documents that effectively communicate their meaning (Part 2): Letter-style documents to be read aloud Creating documents that effectively communicate their meaning (Part 3): Presenting materials that attract the audience’s attention Shortening the distance between you and your clients (Part 1): Diary-like thank-you letters Shortening the distance between you and your clients (Part 2): Survey sheets that make answering questions enjoyable Sharing information (Part 1): “Ashika” techniques for using documents to share information through the use of cardboard and backing paper Sharing information (Part 2): Original educational documents that weigh 20 kg Reviewing Your Job and Career - You can grasp your own market value by examining the work experience on your resume - You can use goal-management sheets to create your own catch phrase - You can use career sheets to visualize the kind of the job that you want Innovative Efforts Can Make Stiffly-worded Documents More Interesting - Matsushita Electric Industrial has succeeded in reducing the content of its product manuals to the bare minimum - Mos Burger’s environmental reports convey the company’s true intentions CD-ROM Supplement: A collection of powerful support tools that help you create enhanced business documents

Associé REPORT

A Roundtable Discussion Involving Top Executives and Businesspeople in Their 30s

Takeshi Niinami (President of Lawson), Michio Matsui (President of Matsui Securities), Masahiro Ito (President of Yappa), and others

SKILL UP

Business Management as a Job, by Tadashi Yanai, Chairman & CEO, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. 
“The atmosphere in my office is awful due to the bad terms between the department manager and a section chief.  How can this problem be solved?”