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CLASSIFICATION OF BUSINESS REPORTS:

Business reports are classified into following categories:-

1.functional classification

2.classification by subject

3.format classification

4.directional classifcation

1.functional classification

.the most popular classification in use is the style based on function of reports.

.on functional basis , business reports may be :

i.informational reports

ii.interpretative reports

iii.analytical reports

2.classification by subject

.the simplest of all classification is one by the matter content of teh report.all reports concern some subjects.

on the basis of very minute differences reports can be categorized into various types .

examples :accounting, marketing,financial etc

.enables writer to focus more clearly on content.

3.format classification

. these are principally concerned with formal/informal or long/short.

. these distinctions are little to do with content but are more concerned with method of presentation.

*informal denotes casual, easy-going style fo writing.

*formal denotes development of a report according to prescribed rules.

*short report ranges from extreme brevity to moderate length.serves only one purpose.

*long report is a ddetailed account of investigation and research.formal and makes maximum use of facts.

4.directional classification

communication is usually presented as flow on info in upward, downward or horizontal directions.

i.vertical reports occur between superiors and subordinates.subordinate send a report upward to a superior and superior ends report downward.

ii.horizontal reports flow between levels of equal authority.provides colleagues with information needed o carry out assignments and make decisions.

iii.internal reports move verticaly between managers and subordinates or horizonally between levels of authority.

iv.external reports are prepared for readers outside the enterprise.