Professional Documents
Culture Documents
INTRODUCTION
Upward communication
Written by an individual or a group after
investigation/study of a problem/assessment
of a situation
Submitted to the management for
consideration, decision and action
Report a feedback that the superiors get from
their subordinates
Must be logical and sequential.
Scope and contents guided by the needs of
the management
DEFINITION
A report is the statement of facts and figures
and information either collected or derived. It
is a logical and coherent structuring of
information, ideas and concepts.
In short, it can be said that a business report is
an impartial, objective, planned presentation
of facts to one or more individuals for a
specific business purpose
TYPES OF REPORTS
Business Reports
Academic Reports
By Nature
Formal
Informal
Special Reports
Investigation reports
Survey/feasibility reports
First information report
Project reports
Analytical report
Means study of a problem, analysis of
facts and figures and their interpretation followed by
recommendations or suggestions
Methods of Reporting
Report Planning
WRITING REPORTS
Terms of Reference
Report Introduction
Report Body
Report close
Formal report - Introduction
Authorisation
Problem
Purpose
Scope
Limitations
Methodology
Sources
Background
Definition of certain terms used in the report
Results of the analysis done
Plan of presentation
REPORT - LAYOUT