Report Writing for Business
1 Day Training Course | £275 plus VAT
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Course Overview
Reports serve a wide variety of purposes but all follow the same basic pattern. This one-day instructor led course is designed to enable delegates to appreciate and practise the principles of successful report writing. Delegates will consider how to write reports that will be read without unnecessary delay, understood without undue effort, accepted and, where appropriate, acted upon.
Course Outline
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Planning and Research
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Structure a Formal Report
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- What is a report
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- The Beginning – terms of reference, background
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- How does it differ from a proposal
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- The Middle – the body of the report and the findings
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- What do you want to achieve
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- The End – conclusions and recommendations
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- What resources do you have
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- Setting the right objective
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Structure a Research Report
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- Identifying the readership
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- Aim – what do we want to discover
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- Collecting the information
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- Method – how will we attempt to find the answer
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- Results – what happened
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Language and Presentation
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- Conclusion – what does this mean
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- Using plain English
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- Matching style to readership
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Structure a Proposal
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- Being accurate, brief and clear
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- Position – where are we now
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- Checking vocabulary and spelling
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- Problem – why can’t we stay here
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- Reviewing abbreviations
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- Possibilities – where can we go instead
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- Checking punctuation and grammar
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- Proposal – what is the best option
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- Creating a professional appearance
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- Using of charts and graphs
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This course will benefit any employees involved in the production of effective and meaningful reports.
By the end of the course delegates will have gained the following benefits:
- Practised structuring a report in a logical and understandable way
- Looked at collecting, analysing
- Considered how to produce a report with the correct technology
- Examined the art of producing a concise summary
- Gained an understanding of how to present a professional report