Business LibreTexts Business Reports Part 1
Business LibreTexts Business Reports Part 1 is an open textbook chapter on progress, recommendation and summary reports. Business LibreTexts is part of the LibreTexts open education library, published under a Creative Commons license. The chapter sets out the six elements common to all business reports, gives the ten parts of a recommendation report, explains primary and secondary research with a credibility checklist, and covers APA citation.
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How It Helps Your Business English
The chapter explains the function of business reports and the six elements every report answers, then describes progress, recommendation and summary reports in turn. A table gives the ten parts of a recommendation report and the function of each. Later sections cover format, audience, style and tone, primary and secondary research, judging a source, and APA citation and references.
You can take the six elements as a first test of any report you are asked to write, then pick the report type that matches your purpose before you draft. The table of ten parts works as a build order for a recommendation report, and the credibility checklist gives you questions to put to any source you plan to cite. The scenario at the end lets you decide which report type fits three real situations.
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