REPORTS

REPORTS

1. What Is the Purpose of Writing a Business Report?

   • examine available and potential solutions to a problem, situation, or issue
     • apply business and management theory to a practical situation
       • reach conclusions about a problem or issue
         • provide recommendations for future action
           • Remember that with business reports, typically, there is no single correct answer but several solutions,

2. What Is the Difference between an Inductive and a Deductive Report?

   • The order of the report sections will depend on whether you are required to write an inductive or deductive report.
     • An inductive report involves moving from the specific issues
       • Such reports are ideal for an audience who has the time to read the report from cover to cover
     • A deductive report moves from the general to the specific
       • Conclusions and recommendations appear first, followed by the discussion.

3. Managing the Introduction section

   • is the fi rst section of the report and is easiest to write after you have written the other report sections
     • you know what your results are going to be, which you can briefly summarize in the introduction.
       • one page is more than adequate to address the issues typically required in an introduction.

4. Managing the Discussion section

   • It is the one that traditionally receives the highest score,
     • This is the only section in which you can support your analysis and reasoning with theoretical ideas, concepts
       • Be sure to rely on evidence from the bibliography and course materials

5. What Is the Purpose of Writing a Lab Report?

   • conduct scientific research
     • Formulate a hypothesis(es) about a particular stimulus, event, and/or behaviour
       • explore theoretical explanations
         • Communicate concisely and precisely

6. Managzng the Abstract

   • The Abstract functions as a short, yet detailed
     • is far easier to write at the very end, once you have completed the report.
       • Ideally, you may be able to extract a sentence or two from each main section of the report to build your abstract.
         • A statement about the topic, which demonstrates some reasoning for formulating the hypothesis.

7. Managing the Introduction section

   • The central purpose of the introduction is to justify your hypothesis.
   • Managing the Method section
     • There is a clearly defined structure to be followed
   • Managing the Results section
     • The results of results provide the reader with information about what has been found.