COMM 212 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Indirect Approach, Personal Pronoun, User Friendly
3 Mar 2017
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Business report: a document in which factual information is compiled and organized for a specific purpose and audience. Help coordinate initiatives, activities and help managers stay in touch with and on top of changing circumstances (see big picture) Legal documents that can be used as evidence in court. Quality of a report and its effectiveness depends on 3 things: Write with objectives + main message in mind. Weigh info according to the purpose of the report. Extract pertinent facts and make sense of them. Take readers needs into account (when selecting info + consider the background info (cid:396)eade(cid:396)s (cid:373)ay ha(cid:448)e o(cid:396) do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e(cid:895) Organize report in a logical way (facilitate comprehension) Guide (cid:396)eade(cid:396) though dis(cid:272)ussio(cid:374) (cid:894)use o(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:448)ie(cid:449)s, t(cid:396)a(cid:374)sitio(cid:374)s, add headi(cid:374)gs (cid:895) Use text citations selectively (give formal credit to the sources) Ensure facts are introduced in the right place + delete extraneous material. Use constant evaluation criteria when you weigh options and draw conclusions.
