An effective flow of information is the lifeblood of business organizations. Reports serve multiple purposes ranging from simply keeping superiors updated and creating a record to complex studies that are designed to facilitate problem-solving and decision making in the organization. This part of the book discusses the functions, strategies, writing styles, and formats of typical business reports. It discusses the importance of clearly identifying the problem to be solved and the specific purpose of the report.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After studying this part of the book, you should be able to do the following:
- Explain informational and analytical report functions, organizational strategies, and writing styles.
- Describe typical report formats and understand the significance of effective headings.
- Identify the problem that the report addresses, define the report purpose, and collect significant secondary and primary information to solve the problem.
- Prepare short analytical reports that solve business problems.