·+Reports

 REPORTS 1) What is a report? Provide at least 3 definitions: Definition 1: Ø  A report is a systematic, well organised document which defines and analyses a subject or problem, and which may include: the record of a sequence of events interpretation of the significance of these events or facts evaluation of the facts or results of research presented discussion of the outcomes of a decision or course of action conclusions recommendations. // ( ////[] ) // Definition 2: Ø A report like this will usually be requested by people who need the information for a specific purpose and their request may be written in //terms of reference// or the //brief//. Whatever the report, it is important to look at the //instructions// for what is wanted // ( ////[] ) // Definition 3: Ø A report written for an academic course can be thought of as a simulation. We can imagine that someone wants the report for a practical purpose, although we are really writing the report as an academic exercise for assessment. Theoretical ideas will be more to the front in an academic report than in a practical one. // ( ////[] ) //  2) What are the possible/ basic components or parts of reports? The basic components of a report are: []
 * 1. ****Title page **
 * 2. ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Acknowledgements **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontweight: bold;">3. ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Contents page **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontweight: bold;">4. ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Terms of reference **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontweight: bold;">5. ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Procedure **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontweight: bold;">6. ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Materials and methods **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">3) What are some types of reports? <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS';">1. Practical Reports  <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.  Academic Reports  [] <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">  ANNUAL REPORTS <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B1) What is an annual report? Provide two definitions. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings;">Ø An annual report lists the achievements and failures of an organisation. It is a progress report in which every department is accounted for. // ( ////<span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #3366ff; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">[] ) // <span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">An annual report is a record of a company's financial performance and operations for the year. Publicly traded companies produce annual reports to tell shareholders, prospective investors, customers and others what happened. //<span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">(<span style="color: #3366ff; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">[] ) // <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B2) What type of report is an annual report?  The physical appearance of annual reports is crucial. For that reason they are usually prepared professionally. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B3) What is the purpose of a progress report? The purpose of a progress report is: <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS';">1. Reassure recipients that you are making progress, that the project is going smoothly, and that it will be complete by the expected date. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS';">2. Provide their recipients with a brief look at some of the findings or some of the work of the project. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS';">3. Give their recipients a chance to evaluate your work on the project and to request changes. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS';">4. Give you a chance to discuss problems in the project and thus to forewarn recipients. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS';">5. Force you to establish a work schedule so that you'll complete the project on time. <span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">//(<span style="color: #3366ff; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">[] )// <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B4) Give two pieces of advice to someone who wants to write an annual report. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS';">1. Make sure you use the right format. Remember, the memo format is for internal progress reports; the business-letter format is for progress reports written from one external organization to another. (Whether you use a cover memo or cover letter is your choice.) <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.  Write a good introduction-in it, state that this is a progress report, and provide an overview of the contents of the progress report. <span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">//(<span style="color: #3366ff; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">[] )// <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B5) Should the report be long or short? It does not matter, but as a general rule, the shorter the report the better the chances of attracting a fringe readership. <span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">//(<span style="color: #3366ff; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">[] )//  <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B6) Do annual reports include a chairperson’s message? Yes, annual reports usually include a chairperson's statement. Most of these statements are far too long. <span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">//(<span style="color: #3366ff; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">[] )// <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B7) What is an ideal structure of an annual report? The structure of a report depends on the nature of the organisation and the readership. Here is one possible structure : <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B8) Visit <span style="color: #3366ff; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Snap ITC';">[]. What can one find on this website? ON this website, one can find annual reports in an easy and convenient manner. Boasting the most complete and up-to-date listings of annual reports on the internet, AnnualReports.com provides instant access to annual reports in their actual format in one single location. For educated investors, corporate annual reports are the most important research tool available. Annual Reports enable investors to stay up to date on a company's yearly outlook. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">
 * contents list
 * what the organisation does
 * some of the year's highlights
 * chairperson's statement
 * main body (possibly department to department, or task to task)
 * accounts
 * appendixes.