Business Reports for Busy People

Chapter 4

Recommendation Reports

Often, a recommendation report is commissioned by a business owner or manager. A consultant who has expertise in the area concerned (design, development, investment, and so on) examines the situation and recommends the best course of action. Whether the report is commissioned or assigned internally, it’s important to maintain impartiality. The person paying the consultant may be biased toward a particular decision. But your report should always take an objective and realistic view and not be swayed by office politics or other issues.

Note: Investigation reports can amount to several volumes of writing. There are times, however, when a business is confronted with a more minor or local problem. In that case, ...