Writing Report

What word does NOT describe a report?

• Objective

• Factual

• Orderly

• Persuasive

• Purpose

If you wanted to find out why sales are down at your company, what type of report would you write?

• an informative report

• a problem-solving report

• an evaluation study

• a proposal

• an introduction

What do report subtopics do?

• They explain why the report is necessary.

• They give the writer's opinion about the report topic.

• They are the specific areas that the report will investigate.

• They explain who should write the report.

• They describe about the topic.

Who writes reports?

• Business managers.

• Company owners.

• Department supervisors.

• The writer.

• All of the above.

What does orderly mean?

• persuasive

• carefully prepared

• fact-based

• objective

• purpose

What does a report outline show?

• The purpose of your report.

• The findings of your report.

• The title of your report.

• The order of your report sections.

• The objective of your report.

Executive summary "should be self-explanatory."

What does this mean?

• The reader should not need to read the other report sections to understand the executive summary.

• The executive summary should persuade the reader to agree with the report findings.

• The executive summary should be easy to read.

• The reader should not need to read the executive summary.

• The reader should be hard to read.

What is a good way to describe the executive summary?

• It's a way of organizing report information.

• It's an example of an evaluation study.

• It's a shorter version of the report.

• It's a visually interesting way to present report findings

• It’s a way of generic structure report information.

What would NOT be included in an executive summary?

• the report title

• the report findings

• the report topic

• the report recommendations

• the report purpose

Why is the executive summary so important?

• It shows the writer's skill at gathering and analyzing information.

• It helps give the reader a positive feeling about the report.

• It shows the findings of the report in a persuasive way.

• It explain the write’s skill of the report purpose.

• It may be the only part of the report that many business people will read