Chapter 12

Long, Formal
Reports
 Learning Objectives

Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to prepare well-

organized, objective reports.

• Describe the roles and construct the prefatory parts of a long,

formal report.
• Organize the introduction of long report by considering the
likely readers and selecting the appropriate contents.
• Prepare the body of a long, formal report by applying the
advice in Chapter 10 and in other chapters.
• Determine, based on the report’s purpose, the most effective
way to end a report: a summary, a conclusion, a
recommendation, or a combination of the three.
• Describe the role and content of the appendix and
bibliography of a report.
• Prepare a structural coherence plan for long, formal report.
 ORGANIZATION AND CONTENT OF LONGER
REPORTS

Title fly Introduction Appendix

THE REPORT PROPER

PREFATORY PARTS

APPENDIX PARTS
Title page The report findings Bibliography
Authorization (presented in two or
message more division)
Transmittal message, Summary
preface, or forward Conclusion
Table of Contents Recommendation
and list of
illustrations
Executive summary