INI300H1 Lecture 4: Formal Business Report
Document Summary
Preliminary - title page, transmittal doc, table of contents, executive summary: not in word count. Body - intro, results of study, conclusions, recommendations. May use similar design of company"s standard look. Thank & acknowledge data collection assistants (rb"s librarian, your partner completing efficiently, prof for pointing us in the right direction: split up the work, 1 person writes/ edits it vs 1 researches. Letter style if outside the company, memo style if inside company. If more than 3 figures/ charts/ graphs, need to make a different table of appendices. Appear as i. transmittal, ii executive summary, 1 intro. Should be self sufficient, understandable without accompanying report. Purpose, scope (issues & issues not covered), brief research methods, conclusions, recommendations. 2-5 pages to introduce the 5 subheadings. Multiple solutions pros & cons, but solution #3 to focus on for recommendations. Clear & concise, tables can be better than paragraphs. 1 sentence summary of each major section.