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Business Report

aT mplat !

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What is that.?

A Documentor a notesheet?

Unifedormat o datacompiling:

Human readable Vs. Machinereadable

rocess: Extract Transform

Load

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!actors Audience

"esearch !re#uenc$

compiling

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"eports should be.

%oncise

!actual

&imel$

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)inguisticall$ spea*ing

+imple tenses express acts

,mpersonal st$le:

assi(e-acti(e Voice

,mperati(e -,nfniti(e

Discuss possibilit$i(e priorit$

ro(ide e/pectation

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0usiness "eports t$pes

anal$tical inormati

onal

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,normational1 thatis.

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Informational 0oo* report

eriodic

+ituational

,nterim

,n(estigati(e

%ompliance

Minute-memo +ales:e/penses

lab

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Anal$tical?: interpret1then2

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%onclude 3 recommend

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Anal$tical

4ustifcation

!easibilt$

5ardstic*

"esearch

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!ormal reportcomponents

"eport co(er

&itle page

)etter o transmittal

&able o contents

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letter o transmittalormat

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age la$out..

Headers include: &itle o Document

+ub6&itle or %hapter or+ection

%ompan$ )ogo !ooters include: 7ame o Author 8(er$

important9

Date o ublication

!ile 7ame 8optional9

Version 7umber 8optional9

age 7umber

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table o contents

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!ormal reportcomponents

/ecuti(e summar$

,ntroduction

"eport bod$ Appendi/-ices

0ibliograph$

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/ecuti(e +ummar$

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!ormal reportcomponents

"eport bod$

&erms o reerence

rocedure

!indings-conclusions

"ecommendations

0riefng-Debriefng

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&erms o reerence

state the scopeof the report

denes what is(or is not) re#uiredtobe in the report

perspecti(es and moti(ations

Timeframe

sponsor

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rocedurereerencing

%on(inces the document is

accurate

validReliable

When 3 ho; the data ;as collected

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!indings

+aid to be the Main 0od$

7eglectedas assumed to beomnipresent

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"ecommendations 3 conclusions

conclusions

reiteration of key points should be brief

no need to add further explanation

not to introduce new arguments, ideas ortopics in the conclusion

"ecommendations

state what must be done, and who should doit

suggest a brainstorming meeting and in!itethe rele!ant people

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Appendi/: grids1 diagrams1..

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