Question

After collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to draw conclusions and make recommendations, you are ready to organize your report into a logical framework. Apply an appropriate organizational strategy to your data and provide cues to your readers to help them follow the logic of the report.

You are writing an analytical report for a supervisor who needs to be persuaded. You decide to use organizational approach to present your recommendations.

1. direct

2. indirect

When should you organize your report by time?

1. When writing reports that are organized by components such as location, geography, and division

2. When writing reports that follow a prescribed plan that everyone understands

3. When writing reports that establish a chronology of events

When should you organize your report by convention?

1. When writing reports that should begin with the most important item and proceed to the least important

2. When writing reports that follow a prescribed plan that everyone understands

3. When writing reports that are organized by components such as location, geography, and division

Consider the scenario, and then answer the question.

Joseph is writing a report comparing the retirement plans of five investment companies.

What type of organizational method should he use?

1. Importance

2. Criteria

3. Time

In addition to organizing your data effectively, you should provide your readers cues to prevent them from getting lost in your report. Know how to use introductions, transitions, and headings to guide your audience and to enhance reader comprehension.

Consider the scenario, and then answer the question.

You have just finished organizing a report on discrimination in the workplace. You are about to write your introduction.

What should you make sure to include? Check all that apply.

1. The order in which your main points will be developed

2. The significance of the topic

3. The transitions between topics

4. The purpose of the report

5. The headings of the report

Answer 1

) Direct is an absolutely correct answer.

2) Option 1 is an absolutely correct answer

3) Option 2 is the correct answer

4) Option 1 is the correct answer

5)Option 1 and 5 is an absolutely correct answer.

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