Exam 14: Planning Reports and Proposals

You're writing an analytical report outlining the benefits of starting a recycling program. You need to explain how the program meets numerous criteria including reasonable cost, ease of implementation, and long-term impact. The ________ approach will probably be the best way to organize your report.

Focusing on conclusions in an analytical report involves using the direct approach to report organization.

Unlike proposals, justification reports

A writer who wants to use a ________ to build an informational report can choose from a number of arrangement patterns, such as geography, sequence, chronology, category, or importance.

When outlining the content of your report

Very few reports require a work plan.

When selecting the right medium for a report

One drawback of using the yardstick approach to structure business reports is that

Whereas ________ proposals are used to request decisions from managers within an organization, ________ proposals are directed to parties outside the organization.

Sales call reports are a type of compliance report.

When you're outlining your report, using ________ requires you to really think through the content, whereas using ________ simply requires you to identify topic areas.

The ________ approach is often the most persuasive and efficient way to develop an analytical report for skeptical readers-it's the approach to try first.

A formal work plan includes all of the following except

A report focused on recommendations should

Analytical reports for skeptical audiences should generally follow the ________ approach.

List the three most common strategies for structuring analytical reports.

Whereas ________ reports focus on facts, ________ reports offer interpretation and can also include recommendations.

If your readers will want to know what they ought to do in a given situation, then your report should focus on

The statement of ________ defines why you are preparing a report.

Describe the elements of a formal business plan.