Writing style guides

Description

The large variety of style guides available depending on the kind of writing, industry, or purpose. Style guides comprise APA style and ASA style for the social sciences, AP style for journalism, CSE style for physical sciences, and others.

Alternative labels

designing style guides
writing style guide
writing guides for style
write style guides
writing style manual

Skill type

knowledge

Skill reusability level

cross-sector

Relationships with occupations

Essential knowledge

Writing style guides is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:

Optional knowledge

Writing style guides is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Public relations manager: Public relations managers strive to convey and maintain a desired image or reputation of a company, individual, governmental institution, or organisation in general to the public and stakeholders at large. They use all sorts of media and events to promote the positive image of products, humanitarian causes or organisations. They attempt to ensure that all public communications portray clients the way they want to be perceived.
Communication manager:
Communication managers, as spokespersons, the communications issued by the company for both the internal and the external clients. For internal clients, meaning the employees, communication managers ensure that communications reach each one of the employees and further questions can be answered. For external parties, they coordinate coherence among the messages transmitted in mails, printed materials, press articles, and corporate promotional materials. They strive to maintain truthful communications.

 


 

References

  1. Writing style guides – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022