Report Writing

A Report is a formal document. It is impersonal and objective in nature.In the professional world, report writing is an essential communication skill.A report may be short as a one-page letter or memo report or it may be long as reports that extend over several hundreds of pages.

Reports are a great medium for presentation of data, facts and information.  Progress reports, Laboratory reports, Inspection reports, Inventory reports, Annual reports and interpretive reports are all types of reports depending on the source, reason and purpose of writing the report.

A typical report is directed towards a very specific reader and aims at fulfilling a purpose/ achieving an objective.

A typical short report will include an INTRODUCTION, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION and RECOMMENDATION.

A long report will have many more features and parts:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

Frontispiece

Foreword/ Forwarding Letter

Preface

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Abstract/ Executive Summary

Introduction

Discussion

Conclusion

Recommendation

Appendix

Glossary

References

Bibliography
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Some Illustrations of Cover Page

Title page repeats the content of the cover page with copyright information that includes the name of the author, the publisher/company and the year of publication.