Kinds of Informal Reports
Kinds of Informal Report
There are six kinds of informal report;
1. Information Report
2. Progress Report
3. Justification Report
4. Feasibility Report
5. Minutes of meetings
6. Summaries
The detail of all these reports is given below.
1. Information Report:
What is Information Report?
The reports that collect and organize information are informative or investigative reports.
Importance:
The information reports may records routine activities such as daily, weekly, and monthly reports of sales or profits, they may investigate options, performance, or equipment. Although they provide information, they do not analyze that information. Writers of information reports provide information without drawing conclusion or making recommendations. Some information reports are highly standardized, such as police report, hospital admittance report, monthly sales report, or government regulatory reports.
How Information Report is developed? / Parts of Information Report:
There are three parts of information report:
1. Introduction
2. Body (findings)
3. Conclusion
Introduction: In the introduction we explain why we are writing. For some reports, we describe what methods and sources were used to gather information and why they are credible. Some time we have to provide any special background information that may be necessary.
Body: In the findings section we organize the facts in a logical sequence. We might group information in one of these patterns:
• Chronological
• Alphabetical
• Topical
• Geographical
• Journalism style (who, what, where, why, and how)
• Simple to complex
• Most to least important
We have to decide whether to use functional headings, or a combination. It should be sure that words used as headings are parallel in structure.
Conclusion: at the end we conclude by summarizing our findings or highlighting our main points.
Tips for writing Information Report:
• While writing the information report we should keep in mind
There are six kinds of informal report;
1. Information Report
2. Progress Report
3. Justification Report
4. Feasibility Report
5. Minutes of meetings
6. Summaries
The detail of all these reports is given below.
1. Information Report:
What is Information Report?
The reports that collect and organize information are informative or investigative reports.
Importance:
The information reports may records routine activities such as daily, weekly, and monthly reports of sales or profits, they may investigate options, performance, or equipment. Although they provide information, they do not analyze that information. Writers of information reports provide information without drawing conclusion or making recommendations. Some information reports are highly standardized, such as police report, hospital admittance report, monthly sales report, or government regulatory reports.
How Information Report is developed? / Parts of Information Report:
There are three parts of information report:
1. Introduction
2. Body (findings)
3. Conclusion
Introduction: In the introduction we explain why we are writing. For some reports, we describe what methods and sources were used to gather information and why they are credible. Some time we have to provide any special background information that may be necessary.
Body: In the findings section we organize the facts in a logical sequence. We might group information in one of these patterns:
• Chronological
• Alphabetical
• Topical
• Geographical
• Journalism style (who, what, where, why, and how)
• Simple to complex
• Most to least important
We have to decide whether to use functional headings, or a combination. It should be sure that words used as headings are parallel in structure.
Conclusion: at the end we conclude by summarizing our findings or highlighting our main points.
Tips for writing Information Report:
• While writing the information report we should keep in mind