Professional Documents
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It is another form of an important official writing It serves various purposes in various fields like Business: Engineering: Sciences and Social Sciences:
PURPOSE OF REPORTS
TYPES OF REPORTS
BASING ON FUNCTION INFORMATIONAL ANALYTICAL ON PERIODICITY: ROUTINE OR SPECIAL ON COMMUNICATIVE: ORAL OR WRITTEN ON NATURE, SCOPE AND LENGTH: FORMAL OR INFORMAL
INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
OBJECTIVE PRESENTATION OF DATA WITHOUT ANALYSIS OR INTERPRETATION
ANALYTICAL REPORTS
ROUTINE REPORTS
SPECIAL REPORTS
PRESENTATION OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION RELATED TO A SINGLE CONDITION, SITUATION, PROBLEM OR OCCASION EX: INQUIRY REPORTS RESEARCH REPORTS THESIS DISSERTATION
ORAL REPORTS
WRITTEN REPORTS
FORMAL REPORTS
LONG REPORTS WITH ELABORATE DESCRIPTION AND DISCUSSION EX: ANNUAL REPORTS RESEARCH REPORTS THESIS PROJECT REPORTS TECHNICAL REPORTS
NON-FORMAL REPORTS
SHORT REPORTS
FORMATS OF REPORTS
PRINTED FORMS: REPETITIVE & ROUTINE DATA LETTER FORMAT: FOR SOME ONE OUTSIDE AN ORGANISATION MEMO FORMAT: FOR WITHIN AN ORGANISATION MANUSCRIPT FORMAT: FORMAL & PRINTED
CONT.
INTRODUCTION METHODOLOGY DISCUSSION/FINDING/ ANALYSIS CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATION APPENDICIES REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
REVISING
WRITING THE FINAL DRAFT
EXERCISES
WRITE AN ACCIDENT REPORT OF YOUR COMPANY TO THE POLICE REPORT ON THE BENEFITS OF COMPUTERISATION OF BANKS WRITE A RECRUITMENT REPORT OF YOUR COMPANY PROGRESS REPORT OF YOUR COMPANYS CONSTRUCTION