Contemporary Business Report Writing

by Kuiper, Shirley; Kohut, Gary F.

• ISBN13: 9780538887595
• ISBN10: 0538887591
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: South-Western Pub

Summary

Master the skills of CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS REPORT WRITING using this step-by-step guide to creating all types of reports, such as a feasibility studies, business plans, and employee manuals. Starting with writing fundamentals, you'll work through the processes of planning and conducting research, then drafting, revising, editing, and producing a simple report. You'll aslo learn presentation techniques and skills you can use to effectively communicate the information contained in your reports.

Table of Contents

I

ORIENTATION TO BUSINESS REPORTS

1. Report Characteristics

2. Report Style and Format

3. Planning and Writing the Report

4. Illustrating the Report

II

SIMPLE REPORTS

5. Writing Routine Reports

6. Writing Nonroutine Reports

III

CONDUCTING BUSINESS RESEARCH

7. Planning the Research

8. Selecting Data Sources

9. Using Secondary Data Sources

10. Using Primary Data Sources

11. Analyzing Data for Complex Reports

IV

SPECIALIZED REPORTS

12. Writing Business Research Reports

13. Writing Business Plans

14. Writing Policies, Procedures, and Instructions

V

PRESENTING REPORTS ORALLY

15. Planning the Presentation

16. Creating and Delivering the Presentation

APPENDIXES

A

Frequently Observed Writing Lapses

B

Selected Business Data Sources from the World Wide Web

C

Source Acknowledgements for Business Research