REPORT WRITING

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An information finding and presenting exercise.

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What can you INFER from the picture?

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-facilities, lecturers, staff etc..

Hmmm..any thoughts, inference, claims?

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What? Why? How come? THIS CANNOT BE!!

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What are the FACTS about the picture?

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-facilities, lecturers, staff etc..

Hmmm..now how could I make it factual ?

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WHAT IS REPORT WRITING?

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WHAT IS REPORT WRITING? An official or formal statement of facts. A process of making records of all pertinent facts, events, activities of a person, or description of a place.

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WHY DO YOU WRITE REPORT?

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WHY DO YOU WRITE REPORT? To convey information to assist in any decision-making. To present recommendation to assist or solve an issue.

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TYPES OF REPORT Informative & Analytical

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TYPES OF REPORT Informative & Analytical

Informative Reports
The purpose is to inform the reader about some topic. May also be called a descriptive report.

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Analytical Reports
The purpose is to critically analyse information and is used for any problem solving reports. Will usually have recommendations about the outcome of the analysis to implement the solution to the problem/issue.
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Reports
Incident Report Accident Report a report describing something that has happened a report describing how someone was hurt or something was damaged

Sales Report a report describing how many goods or services were sold, and the reasons for any differences from the plan Progress Report a report describing how close you are to completing something you planned
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Reports
Feasibility Study / Report a report on how practical a proposal is

Recommendat a report on what your ion Report organisation should do

Site a report on what has happened in a place, and how close your organisation is to finishing construction an academic report on how and why something has changed over time
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