Types of Report Writng
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The document discusses various types of report writing, emphasizing the importance of clarity, accuracy, and organization in reports that serve different purposes, such as keeping stakeholders informed, documenting incidents, and providing recommendations. It outlines specific report types including accident reports, progress reports, recommendation reports, self-report studies, and customer sales reports, highlighting their unique formats and essential components. The document underscores that poorly written reports can undermine credibility and effective communication.
Types of Report Writng
- 1. TYPES OF REPORT WRIING FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
- 2. Group Members • MUHAMMAD ALI KHOKHAR • SHERAZ SAEED • SALMAN KHAN • SALMAN SALEEM • FAHAD BUKHARI • DANI RAZAQ • MUHAMMAD AHMED ANJUM
- 3. Introduction Reports serve as a permanent record of incidents, events, problems, and so forth. There are many types of reports, each of which serves different functions. Some are used to keep people informed of activities within the department. Some are used to compile statistical information, identify problems in the community, or identify department training needs. Some reports are needed to facilitate investigations, prepare court cases, or defend cases in court.
- 4. Importance
- 5. Importance Reports must be wellwritten. Poorly written reports can Hurt your credibility. A good report is accurate and specific, factual, objective, clear, complete, and concise.
- 6. Accident Report Who & When to Report Under the Workplace Safety & Health Act and the Work Injury Compensation Act, work accidents, dangerous occurrences and occupational diseases must be reported to the Ministry of Manpower. Failure to do so as required by the law is an offence.
- 7. Accident Report Category Work accident Work accident What needs to be Who to report reported •Employee was injured in accident and : Died, or Need to submit report within 10 days Employer •A member of public or self employed contractor was injured and Died, or •Sent to hospital for treatment Need to notify Commissioner Immediately? Workplace Occupier Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- 8. Importance Poorly organized reports can Leave e readers feeling lost and confused. Errors in grammar and punctuation can affect both the clarity and accuracy of your report.
- 9. Daily Construction Report Format: The Daily Construction Report form records site conditions, weather factors, visitors, labor, equipment, construction activities and delays. Don't leave your site without it.
- 10. Case Study Report In the many forms it can take, "a case study is generically a story; it presents the concrete narrative detail of actual, or at least realistic events, it has a plot, exposition, characters, and sometimes even dialogue“.
- 11. Case Study Report This contextualization usually includes a detailed explanation of the researchers' theoretical positions, of how those theories drove the inquiry or led to the guiding research questions, of the participants' backgrounds, of the processes of data collection, of the training and limitations of the coders, along with a strong attempt to make connections between the data and the conclusions evident.
- 13. Progress Report NAME People write progress reports to keep interested parties informed about what has been done on a project and about what remains to be done. Often the reader is the writer's supervisor. As a result the tone should be serious and respectful. Even though progress reports are often in the form of a memo, the writer should be careful to write formal, standard prose. Progress reports represent not only the writer's work but the writer's organizational and communication skills.
- 14. PROGRESS REPORTS CAN BE STRUCTURED IN SEVERAL WAYS. THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTED PATTERN HELPS THE WRITER COVER ESSENTIAL MATERIAL. HEADING: IF THE PROGRESS REPORT IS A MEMO, IT SHOULD CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING STANDARD ELEMENTS: DATE: DATE THE MEMO IS SENT TO: NAME AND POSITION OF THE READER FROM: NAME AND POSITION OF THE WRITER SUBJECT: A CLEAR PHRASE THAT FOCUSES THE READER'S ATTENTION ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MEMO
- 15. Recommendation Report Recommendation Reports are among the most important types of job-related writing. A Recommendation Report is a detailed report submitted to a reader or a group of readers who are usually in a position of authority -- supervisors, managers, department heads, company buyers, elected officials, civic leaders -- to endorse or reject the writer’s plan or choose from among their recommendations.
- 16. Recommendation Report Contents of Report Tip: use the italicized phrases as your headings. Introduction: The opening should be interesting and comprehensive so that it catches the reader's interest
- 17. Self-report study A self-report study is a type of survey, questionnaire, or poll in which respondents read the question and select a response by themselves without researcher interference. A self-report is any method which involves asking a participant about their feelings, attitudes, beliefs and so on. Examples of self-reports are questionnaires and interviews; self-reports are often used as a way of gaining participants responses in observational studies and experiments. Self-report in studies have validity problems. Patients may exaggerate symptoms in order to make their situation seem worse, or they may under-report the severity or frequency of symptoms in order to minimize their problems.
- 18. Customer Sales Report The Customer Sales Report provides information on customers' purchasing habits such as how much they're spending, and what they're buying. With this information, you can begin to better understand your customers and their needs. Understanding their needs lets you tailor your product offerings, product prices, and marketing strategies.
- 19. Customer Sales Report By reviewing a customer's order history, you can learn which products they already use, make relevant suggestions for complementary products they might find useful, and know if they have already tried and refunded a particular product. If you choose to contact your customers to build relationships, asking open-ended questions lets you understand their needs and perhaps help them achieve their goals. Reviewing the customer sales report gives you information to figure out a customer's average order size, which can also help you to make appropriate recommendations.