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Basics of Report Writing
Basics of Report Writing
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Purpose
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Purpose
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Purpose
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Significance
Employer to employee
Employee to employee
Employee to employer
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Relevance of Report
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Report Attributes
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Report vs. Essay
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Report vs. Essay
Similarities
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Analytical thinking
Formal style
Careful proof-reading
Neat presentation
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Report vs. Essay
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Qualities of a Good Report
Clarity
Definition of different concepts used
Careful use of terminology
Clarifies a problem
Presentable
Properly organized
Includes data
Short and compact
Authentic
Proper citations or bibliography
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Conclusions
Basics of a report
Report characteristics
Expectation and purpose
Significance of a report
Relevance, attributes and features of a report
Comparison of a report and essay
Examples
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Assignment
• Write a short report (at least 2-3 page long) introducing yourself to
your instructor. Include the following topics:
• Background : Where did you grow up? What have you done in terms
of school, extracurricular activities, jobs and family?
• Interests : What are you interested in? What do you like to do ? What
do you like to think about and talk about?
• Achievements: What achievements have given you the greatest
personal satisfaction? List at least five. Include things which gave you
a real sense of accomplishment and pride, whether or not they’re the
sort of thing you’d list on a resume.
• Your strengths (at least 2) which make you valuable and your
weaknesses (at least 2) which need to be improved . Also discuss the
appropriate strategy to overcome the respective weakness.
• Goals: what do you hope to accomplish the term? Where would you
like to be professionally and personally five years from now?
• Try to follow a complete report format with appropriate sections &
headings like introduction, background ,Body, and Terminal Section.