HOW 2 Cre@tE A RePoRt
Style
To be completely successful, a report which makes recommendations must ensure that the persons for whom the report is intended:
•Read it without unnecessary delay.
•Understand everything in it without undue effort.
•Accept the facts, findings, conclusions and recommendations.
•Decide to take the action recommended.
Achieving this demands more of you than merely presenting relevant facts accurately. It also demands that you communicate in a way that is both acceptable and intelligible to the readers.
Selectivity
Careful choice of words can enable you to convey many subtleties of meaning.
Accuracy
Check that everything you write is factually accurate. The facts should be capable of being verified. Moreover, arguments should be soundly based and your reasoning should be logical. You should not write anything that will misinform, mislead or unfairly persuade your readers. If you do, you will be doing a disservice not only to yourself but also to your department and organisation. Accurate information is essential for effective communication and decision making.
Objectivity
A report should not be an essay reflecting personal emotions and opinions. You must look at all sides of a problem with an open mind before stating your conclusions.
Making it clear that you have an open mind when writing your report will, in most cases, make your conclusions and recommendations more acceptable to your readers. The emphasis, therefore, should be on the factual material presented and the conclusions drawn, rather than on any personal beliefs, biases or prejudices.
Conciseness
Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered). That is how Julius Caesar reported his visit to our shores. While none of your reports will be as short as this, you should aim to keep them concise. In doing this, do not mistake brevity for conciseness. A report may be brief because it omits important information. A concise report, on the other hand, is short but still contains all the essential details.
To ensure you do not include material which can safely be left out, you should not ask: 'Can this information be included?' Rather, you should ask: 'Is it necessary for this information to be included?'
Clarity and Consistency
The best way to achieve clarity in your writing is to allow some time to elapse between the first draft and its revision. Try to leave it over the weekend, or at least overnight. If you are really under pressure and this is simply not possible, at least leave it over a lunch or coffee break. It is essential to have a period of time, no matter how short, when you can think of other things. In this way, when you come back to the report, you can look at it with a degree of objectivity.
Simplicity
Usually, if your writing is selective, accurate, objective, concise, clear and consistent, it will also be as simple as it can be. You should guard against over-simplifying, for example to the point of missing out information which the reader needs to fully understand what you are trying to say. You should again keep your readers firmly in mind and keep asking yourself whether or not they will be able to follow the logic of your presentation.
Avoid Pointless Words
Some words and phrases - like basically, actually, undoubtedly, each and every one and during the course of our investigation - keep cropping up in reports. Yet they add nothing to the message and often can be removed without changing the meaning or the tone. Try leaving them out of your writing. You will find your sentences survive, succeed and may even flourish without them.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
How To Create A Report
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
What are the qualities that a best friend should have?
Supportive of everything you do
Loyal
Will stand by you even when you change syles
Smart
Funny
Kind
Understanding
And not jealous of you
A good listener, to whom you can say everything without fearing that he will prejudice you Trustworthy
One who improves you
One who knows how to give love and kindness
One who smiles
A best friend should know that he/she/you are not perfect. That we all make mistakes. A best friend should never betray you. A best friend should also realize that life is too short to ever hold a grudge.
they should be true, be able to tell secrets to, be helpful, and don't call you bad names like bitch or cun
A best friend is someone you can trust not only with huge things even the littlest thing as well. Someone who you know will always be there for you through thick and thin and will never betray you. Someone who can be closer then family and who you can tell anything to. A best friend is someone who you can go without talking to for long periods of time but when you finaly do talk it is just like the last time yall spoke. A best friend is supportive and compassionate. A best friend is someone who will not always tell you what you want to hear, but what you NEED to hear. They are someone who is honest, but gentle and can spare feeling with telling a lie. Most importantly they are people who will be there for you forever and will comfort you when you are hurting and made mistakes!
They remain a friend even on my bad days and are not scared to tell me as it is!
Be the same through the bad times not just the good.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Meaning of denotation
The denotation of this example is a red rose with a green stem. The connotation is that it is a symbol of passion and love - this is what the rose represents.
The denotation is a representation of a cartoon heart. The connotation is a symbol of love and affection, not in the way of a rose, but a symbol of true love.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
What is Boolean search???
Boolean searches allow you to combine words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT and NEAR (otherwise known as Boolean operators) to limit, widen, or define your search. Most Internet search engines and Web directories default to these Boolean search parameters anyway, but a good Web searcher should know how to use basic Boolean operators.
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Synopsis of The Fruitcake Special
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's ability. Five entertaining stories about the power of discovery set in countries across the globe. A perfume made from some very unusual ingredients becomes more effective than expected. A remarkable change in a woman's life leaves her family to make a decision. The secret and danger of high intelligence are revealed to a university student. A teacher discovers a way of making time stand still. And a book tells a young manager more than he wants to know. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
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Sypnopsis of Gulp and Gasp
This is one of twelve "Classic Spirals", from the established series for reluctant readers with a track record of over 25 years. It features dynamic plots and storylines, which encourage readers to pick them up again and again. It includes engaging themes without being immature or patronising and attractive cover designs in new paperback style binding are designed to motivate pupils. Short but substantial chapters are provided to give a sense of achievement in reading whole texts. Clearly laid out text, without illustrations and activities, encourages focus on reading and enables low achievers to improve at their own pace.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
My preception
My first perception when read the ppost (kiss me), my mind thing a nosence thingking. I thought that is bad story and not good for student like me read it. But, when I read it till finish, I understand about the story. Its not like I thing. The meaning really different with my perception. When I saw the picture, my mind thing negatively. At last I know that I were lied by my bad thingking. my teacher told me that we cannot thing something by one side. We must always thing positive and critis.
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