business english lecture 16. synopsis report writing detailed talk: from process to product
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BUSINESS ENGLISHLECTURE 16
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Synopsis
Report Writing Detailed talk: From process to product
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REPORT WRITINGFROM PROCESS TO PRODUCT
A Brief Introduction
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Business reports are systematic attempts to answer questions and solve problems. They include the following activities.
PlanningPlanning
What Are Business Reports?
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Business reports are systematic attempts to answer questions and solve problems. They include the following activities.
PlanningPlanning
What Are Business Reports?
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Business reports are systematic attempts to answer questions and solve problems. They include the following activities.
PlanningPlanning ResearchResearch
What Are Business Reports?
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Business reports are systematic attempts to answer questions and solve problems. They include the following activities.
PlanningPlanning ResearchResearch
What Are Business Reports?
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Business reports are systematic attempts to answer questions and solve problems. They include the following activities.
PlanningPlanning ResearchResearch OrganizationOrganization
What Are Business Reports?
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Business reports are systematic attempts to answer questions and solve problems. They include the following activities.
PlanningPlanning ResearchResearch OrganizationOrganization
What Are Business Reports?
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Business reports are systematic attempts to answer questions and solve problems. They include the following activities.
PlanningPlanning ResearchResearch OrganizationOrganization PresentationPresentation
What Are Business Reports?
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Ten Truths About Business Reports
1. Everyone writes reports.
2. Most reports flow upward.
3. Most reports are informal.
4. Three report formats (memo, letter, and manuscript) are most common.
5. Reports differ from memos and letters.
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6. Today’s reports are written on computers.
7. Some reports are collaborative efforts.
8. Ethical report writers interpret facts fairly.
9. Organization is imposed on data.10. The writer is the reader’s servant.
Ten Truths About Business Reports
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Report Functions Informational reports Analytical reports
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Report Formats Letter format Memo format Manuscript format Printed forms
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Writing Style
Formal Informal
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
If readersare informed
If readersare informed
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
If readersare informed
If readersare informed
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
Direct PatternDirect Pattern
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
Direct PatternDirect Pattern
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
Direct PatternDirect Pattern
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
If readersare supportive
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
Direct PatternDirect PatternIf readersare supportive
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
Direct PatternDirect PatternIf readersare supportive
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
If readersare eager to
have results first
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
If readersare eager to
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
Direct PatternDirect Pattern
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
Direct PatternDirect Pattern
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
Direct PatternDirect Pattern
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
Direct PatternDirect Pattern
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Audience Analysis and Report Organization
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Applying the Writing Processto Reports Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
Step 6 Step 7
Analyze the problem and purpose.Anticipate the audience and
issues.Prepare a work plan.Implement your research strategy.Organize, analyze, interpret,
illustrate the data.
Compose the first draft.Revise, proofread, and evaluate.
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Work Plan for a Formal Report Statement of problem Statement of purpose Sources and methods of data
collection Tentative outline Work schedule
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Researching Report Data
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Locating secondary print data• Books – card catalog, online catalog• Periodicals – print indexes, CD-ROM indexes
Researching Report Data
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Locating secondary electronic data• Electronic databases• The Internet• World Wide Web search tools Google MSN search
Ask Jeeves Yahoo!
• Evaluating Web sources How current is the information?
How credible is the author or source?
What is the purpose of the site?
Do the facts seem reliable?
Researching Report Data
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Tips for searching the Web• Use two or three search tools.• Understand case sensitivity.• Prefer uncommon words.• Omit articles and prepositions.• Use wild cards.• Know your search tool.• Learn basic Boolean search strategies.• Bookmark the best pages.• Be persistent.• Repeat your search a week later.
Researching Report Data
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Researching primary data• Surveys• Interviews• Observation• Experimentation
Researching Report Data
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Illustrating Report Data
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Functions of graphics• To clarify data• To condense and simplify data• To emphasize data
Illustrating Report Data
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Forms and objectives of graphics• Table
To show exact figures and values
Class Agree Disagree Undecided
Seniors 738 123 54
Juniors 345 34 76
Sophomores 123 234 78
Freshmen 45 567 123
Illustrating Report Data
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Forms and objectives of graphics• Bar chart
To compare one item with others
Illustrating Report Data
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
Enrollees
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Forms and objectives of graphics• Line chart
To demonstrate changes in quantitative data over time
Illustrating Report Data
0102030405060708090
100
2001 2002 2003 2004
Net ($M)
Gross ($M)
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Forms and objectives of graphics• Pie graph
To visualize a whole unit and the proportion of its components
Illustrating Report Data
Strongly Agree18%
Agree13%
No Opinion
3%
Strongly Disagree
38%
Disagree28%
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Forms and objectives of graphics• Flow chart
To display a process or procedure
Illustrating Report Data
ReceiveReceive TestTest
FloorFloor
ShelvesShelves ShipShip
Re-boxRe-box Re-stockRe-stock
RepairRepair
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Forms and objectives of graphics• Organization chart
To define a hierarchy of elements
Illustrating Report Data
William DixonVice President
Sales
John DeleuzeManager
Joan WilliamsVice President
Design
George LaPorteForeman
Charles EubankPresident
ManagerClarice Brown
Vice PresidentWayne Lu
Production
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Forms and objectives of graphics• Photograph, map, illustration
To create authenticity, to spotlight a location, and to show an item in use
Illustrating Report Data
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Pie Graph
2006 MPM INCOME BY DIVISION
DVDs & Videos
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Use pie graphs to show a whole and the proportion of its components.
Generally begin at the 12 o’clock position, drawing the largest wedge first. Computer software programs, however, may vary in placement of wedges.
Include, if possible, the actual percentage or absolute value for each wedge.
Pie Graph
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Use four to eight segments for best results; if necessary, group small portions into one wedge called “Other.”
Distinguish wedges with color, shading, or crosshatching.
Keep all labels horizontal.
Pie Graph
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Vertical Bar Chart
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2006 MPM INCOME BY DIVISION Figure title
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Bar Charts
Bar charts make visual comparisons. They can compare related items, illustrate changes in data over time, and show segments as parts of wholes.
Bar charts may be vertical, horizontal, grouped, or segmented. Avoid showing too much information, thus producing clutter and confusion.
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Bar Charts
The length of each bar and segment should be proportional.
Dollar or percentage amounts should start at zero.
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Documenting Data
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Reasons for crediting sources• Strengthens your argument• Gives you protection• Instructs readers
Documenting Data
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Learning what to document• Another person's ideas, opinions, examples,
or theory• Any facts, statistics, graphs, and drawings
that are not common knowledge• Quotations of another person's actual spoken
or written words• Paraphrases of another person's spoken or
written words
Documenting Data
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Manual notetaking suggestions• Record all major ideas from various sources
on separate note cards.• Include all publication data along with
precise quotations.• Consider using one card color for direct
quotes and a different color for your paraphrases and summaries.
Documenting Data
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Electronic notetaking suggestions• Begin your research by setting up a folder on
your hard-drive that will contain your data.• Create separate subfolders for major topics,
such as Introduction, Body, and Closing.• When on the Web or in electronic databases
you find information you may be able to use, highlight (i.e., drag with your mouse) the passages you want to save, copy them (using control-c), paste them (using control-v) into documents that you will save in appropriate subfolders.
Documenting Data
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• Be sure to include all publication data.• Consider archiving on a Zip disk the Web
pages or articles used in your research in case the data must later be verified.
Documenting Data
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Learn to paraphrase• Read the original material carefully so that
you can comprehend its full meaning.• Write your own version without looking at the
original.• Do not repeat the grammatical structure of
the original, and do not merely replace words of the original with synonyms.
• Reread the original to be sure you covered the main points but did not borrow specific language.
Documenting Data
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Two Documentation Formats• Modern Language Association
Author’s name and page (Smith 100) placed in text; complete references in “Works Cited.”
• American Psychological AssociationAuthor’s name, date of publication, and page number placed near text reference (Jones, 2000, p. 99). Complete references listed at end of report.
Documenting Data
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LISTENING EXERCISE
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Listening activity Answer discussion
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Review
Discussion on Report WritingFormatAnatomyParts and proceduresSearch – research: techniques, types and
strategiesReporting researched data