Appendix D
CHECKLIST FOR WRITING REPORTS

This appendix is intended as a guide for writing reports based on the information found in chapters 5 and 6.

PLANNING

• What is the purpose of the communication?

• What is the subject?

• Who is the audience?

• What do you know about the audience?

• What does the audience know about you?

• How informed is the audience about the subject of your communication?

• How will the audience react to what you write?

• When is the right time to send the communication?

OUTLINE

Options

• Traditional

• Brainstorming

• Mind mapping

• Questioning

Research

• Why

• How

  • Inside the company

  • Outside the company

  • Interviews

  • Survey

REPORT

• Executive summary

• Introduction

• Theme

• Methods of development

  • Order-of-importance

  • Cause-and-effect

  • Chronological

  • Comparison

  • Contrast

  • General and specific

  • Spatial

  • Blending

CONCLUSION

RECOMMENDATIONS