What you'll learn

  • Write different types of business reports

  • Make reports visually appealing

Description

At work, you may be tasked with writing either an informational or an analytical report. This is a lengthy document which requires some professionalism in how it's written, the content in it, its formatting, and the ultimate usefulness of the information it contains. It's difficult to get all these elements right at the same time, but now with this course, you will be able to write and accurate and well-researched report in relatively little time, and without worrying whether you are on the right track. Imagine your boss at work tells you to write an analytical report about some topic. The first reaction may be pure panic. How do you write one? What does the boss want in the report? How long should it be? Does it need graphs and charts? These are just a few of the questions that might run through your mind in the first few seconds. This course will walk you through how to answer each of these questions for your unique situation. It will immediately decrease your panic and stress levels, and you will be able to write a professional report section by section as you are following each video in this course.

ANALYTICAL REPORT AND INFORMATIONAL REPORT

This course will show you how to write an analytical report. It's very similar to writing an informational report with just a few extra sections. So even though the example in the course will be an analytical report, you would also be able to write an informational report with the guidance of this course.

Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Introduction to writing our report

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    • Writing the executive summary of the report

    • Introduction paragraph of the business report

    • Formal vs. informal reports

    • First vs. second vs. third person writing

    • Active voice vs. passive voice in writing reports

    • Writing the first paragraph of the report

    • Second and third paragraph of the business report

    • Finishing up the rest of the paragraphs in the report body

    • How to create visual charts and graphs to add to your report

    • Recommendation section of the report

    • Conclusion section of the business report

    • General report-writing tips and how to avoid procrastination

    • Templates to save time

    • Bibliography section of your report
  2. 2

    • What are memos and when to use memos vs. email vs. reports
  3. 3

    • Exercise for writing a business report

    • Exercise for writing a business report - answer