TYPES OF REPORT WRIINGFUNCTIONAL ENGLISH

Group Members • MUHAMMAD ALI

KHOKHAR• SHERAZ SAEED • SALMAN KHAN • SALMAN SALEEM• FAHAD BUKHARI• DANI RAZAQ• MUHAMMAD AHMED

ANJUM

IntroductionReports 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.

Importance

The Importance of Well-Written Reports

Importance

Reports must be well-written.Poorly written reports can Hurt your credibility.

A good report is accurate and specific, factual, objective, clear, complete, and concise.

Accident Report

Who & When to ReportUnder 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.

Accident ReportCategory What needs to be

reported Who to reportNeed to notify Commissioner Immediately?

Need to submit report within 10 days

Work accident •Employee was injured in accident and : Died, or

Employer

Yes

Yes

Work accident •A member of public or self employed contractor was injured and Died, or •Sent to hospital for treatment

Workplace Occupier

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Importance

Poorly organized reports canLeave e readers feeling lost and confused.

Errors in grammar and punctuation can affect both the clarity and accuracy of your report.

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.

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“.

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.

ImportanceA GOOD REPORT COVERS SIX IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:Who?What?Where? When?Why? and How?

Progress Report

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.

NAME

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

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.

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

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.

Self-report study

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.

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.

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