June 2011
Beginner
226 pages
2h 51m
English
Idea 52: How to write an effective report
A report is an official or formal statement, often made after an investigation and usually by a subordinate to a superior. Like Caesar’s Gaul, a report falls into three parts.
Beginning
Your report should begin with an introduction, which sets out the essential background and crystallizes the aim and objectives of the report. The latter will already have been foreshadowed by the title. The format, like a book in miniature, should include the name of the author and the date of compilation.
Middle
The middle body of evidence, information, issues and discussions should be clearly and succinctly arranged in a simple order, signposted by chapters, major and minor side headings and numbered paragraphs.
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