Saturday, August 24, 2013

Writing Format for Business Reports



Business reports convey information to help companies in making decisions.  Managers and other employees in the organization use business reports to present information that can be used in making vital decisions in the organization. Business students are supposed to write business reports in the course of the semester to enable them to learn how to write business reports in future...  Writing business reports is hard for many students as they are not familiar with the format of business reports and hence write reports that are not inline with instructor’s comments.  This in turn affects their academic grades as they get low marks.  A report consists of different sections.  Students should state where the paper is coming from and the receiver.  They should include the following information: To, From, Date, Subject and address.  Including this information makes it easy for the reader to identify the sender of the report and also the receiver.

 In addition, they should state the problem being examined. Stating the problem enables the reader to understand the purpose of the paper.   Students are supposed to analyze different problems.  Students can analyze a problem in the organization and outside.  They should be aware of the issue that is being examined.  Students should follow the instructor’s guidelines when stating the problem. Different instructors give different requirements that students can follow and learners should be able to meet them.  The purpose of the business reports should be clear.

 Moreover, the students should provide a background of the topic or issue being analyzed.  They should review past studies that have analyzed the issue so as to enable the reader understand the problem. The background information should be well organized the information can be organized into subtopics to enable the audience to understand. Apart from providing background information, students should provide supporting data when writing the business reports. Providing data is essential to the reader or the audience of the report as it ensures they understand the content.  Students can provide a wide range of data when writing business reports. They can provide financial data, market information and information about products and sales.  They can also provide marketing data.   Providing data ensures the information provided in the business reports is valid and reliable.  It also makes it easy for the managers to use the information to make decisions.

 Further, students should provide recommendations when writing the business reports.  Instructors ask students to recommend solutions to the problem being examined. The solutions given should be practical and easily implemented. Students can identify a set of solutions to the problem and then select the best option. They should select the best solution and include its benefits and risks in the business reports.  Including information about the solutions selected in the business reports will ensure the managers are able to determine whether the solutions are viable or not. Students should also include a conclusion in the paper. The conclusion should be a summary of the paper. It should include important points that the student has included in the assignment.  The paper should also have an abstract that gives the reader an overview of the whole paper. This is because most people do not have time to read the whole paper and read the abstract. The abstract should catch the attention of the reader.



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