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We had a good read. For the benefit of yourself. Be sure to read to the end. I want you to get good knowledge from Business Course Online.Report writing is a time arresting firm so it is a great shame if, having devoted all that time to writing your report, the quality is such that hardly anyone can be bothered to read it. Quite frankly, most report readers do not easily read all the report; they are too short of time. You might as well know it and accept it -- that is normal. They only read the parts that interest them. Oftentimes these are the summary, the conclusions and recommendations.
Of course, some readers do need all the details you so determined included, they are specialists, but most do not. Most readers just need two things: that the facts they want is where they expect it to be so they can find it, and that it is written clearly so that they can understand it.
It is similar to reading a newspaper. You expect the news headlines to be on the front page; the sports coverage to be at the back; the Tv listings on page anyone and the editorial annotation in the middle. If what you want is not in its usual place then you have to hunt for it and you may get irritated. So it is with a report.
There is a custom as to what goes where. Stick with the custom and please your readers. Break the custom and habitancy may get slightly angry - and bin your report.
So what is that convention, the standard format?
Standard Sections
Title Section. In a short report this may simply be the front cover. In a long one it could also consist of Terms of Reference, Table of Contents and so on.
Summary. Give a clear and very concise list of the main points, main conclusions and main recommendations. Keep it very short, a few percent of the total length. Some people, especially senior managers, may not read anyone else so write as if it were a stand-alone document. It isn't but for some habitancy it might as well be. Keep it brief and free from jargon so that anyone can understand it and get the main points. Write it last, but do not copy and paste from the report itself; that rarely works well.
Introduction. This is the first part of the report proper. Use it to paint the background to 'the problem' and to show the reader why the report is foremost to them. Give your terms of reference (if not in the Title Section) and interpret how the details that ensue are arranged. Write it in plain English.
Main Body. This is the heart of your report, the facts. It will probably have some sections or sub-sections each with its own subtitle. It is unique to your report and will characterize what you discovered about 'the problem'.
These sections are most likely to be read by experts so you can use some standard jargon but interpret it as you introduce it. Dispose the facts logically, ordinarily putting things in order of priority -- most foremost first. In fact, ensue that advice in every section of your report.
You may select to consist of a seminar in which you interpret the importance of your findings.
Conclusions. Gift the logical conclusions of your investigation of 'the problem'. Bring it all together and maybe offer options for the way forward. Many habitancy will read this section. Write it in plain English. If you have included a seminar then this section may be quite short.
Recommendations. What do you advise should be done? Don't be shy; you did the work so state your recommendations in order of priority, and in plain English.
Appendices. Put the heavy details here, the facts that only specialists are likely to want to see. As a guide, if some information is considerable to your seminar then consist of it in the main body, if it merely supports the seminar then it could go in an appendix.
Conclusions and Recommendations
In conclusion, remember that readers expect inevitable facts to be in inevitable places. They do not expect to hunt for what they want and the harder you make it for them the more likely they are to toss you report to one side and ignore it. So what should you do?
1. ensue the generally standard format for a report: Summary, Introduction, Main Body, Conclusions, Recommendations and Appendices.
2. Organise your facts in each section in a logical fashion with the reader in mind, ordinarily putting things in order of priority - most foremost first.
Good luck with your report writing!
Author: Tony Atherton
© Tony Atherton 2005)
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