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Business Communication ASSIGNMENT TYPES [UNIVERSITY NAME] Centre for Teaching and Learning Business reports Reports describe, analyse, and investigate a situation for a particular audience. They have a formal structure and common sub-sections, Business reports are a type of assignment in which you analyse a situation or problem (either a real situation or a case study) and apply business theories to produce a range of suggestions for improvement. Business reports are typically assigned to enable you to: Examine available and potential solutions to a problem, situation, or issue. Apply business and management theory to a practical situation Demonstrate your analytical, reasoning, and evaluation skills in identifying and weighing-up possible solutions and outcomes. Reach conclusions about a problem or issue. Provide recommendations for future action Show concise and clear communication skills. Remember that with business reports, typically, there is no single correct answer but several solutions, each with their own costs and benefits to an organisation. I is these costs and benefits which you need to identify and weigh up in your report, Further, when writing the report, you need to consider the audience you are writing for: s it the CEO or will the report be available to all saff concerned? It is vital that you ensure an appropriate level of formality, sensitivity, faimess, and objectivity. Also, be mindful of the audience when writing recommendations. For example, your manager may not be able to influence company policies. General format of a business report (Check your assignment instructions regarding which sections you ned in your report. Also determine whether you are writing an inductive or dedug Letter or memo to the client Title Page Executive Summary Table of Contents (if required by your lecturer) Introduction Discussion Conclusions Recommendations References Appendices (if required) e are conventions relating to what goes into each section. The purpose of these conventions is o save. the reader’s ime. If the reader just wants to know what your key findings are, they can tum immediately to the Executive Summary or the Conclusions section,