June 2023
Beginner
336 pages
6h 52m
English
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Chapter 13
Abridging for Executive Summaries
IN THIS CHAPTER
Realizing the importance of an executive summary
Understanding the anatomy of a report
Knowing what to include
Delving into executive summaries for business plans
They tried to kill us; we won, let's eat!
—ALAN KING, JEWISH COMEDIAN SUMMARIZING THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF PASSOVER
The executive summary comes by its name very logically. It’s a summary intended for executives who need a condensed version of the key elements of a lengthy, formal report in order to make timely and appropriate decisions or recommendations.
An Executive Summary Is Critical
In Effective Communications for Engineers, author Roy B. Hughson cited the study done by Westinghouse Electric Corporation entitled “How Managers Read Reports.” The study confirms that managers read the executive summary even though they may read little else. The following is a breakdown of what managers read in a report:
- Executive Summary: 100 percent
- Introduction: 65 percent
- Body: 22 percent
- Conclusions: 55 percent
- Appendix: 15 percent
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