Business English

Writing manual

for a report

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Saxion University of Applied Sciences

Institute of Finance and Economics

Mathilde Gorter

Deventer, 2011

Content Page

1 This manual 1

2 Cover and Titlepage 2

2.1 Cover 2

2.2 Title Page 2

2.3 An internship or a thesis 2

3 Prefatory Note 4

4 Content Page 5

4.1Important 5

4.2 An example 6

5 Summary 7

6 The first chapter 8

7 Other chapters of your report 9

7.1 Structure 9

7.2 Lay out 9

7.3 Notes 9

8 Conclusion 10

9 Literature and links 11

9.1Books 11

9.2 Articles 11

9.3 Websites 11

10 Appendices 12

This manual

Writing a report will be an important activity during your study. In many cases a written report will be the final assignment. It is a way to present your knowledge. But also after finishing your study, in professional life, writing reports plays an important role as well. An advisory, a research report or a process report are just some examples you might find in an organisation.

This manual will help you to write a report according to the standards of the institute of Finance and Economics of Saxion. A report will be your business card during your study and in later on professional life. Furthermore, when you learn how to write a correct report now, you will take advantage of this in the future.

A correct report consists of the following subjects (in the listed order):

• Cover and title page

• Prefatory note

• Summary (management summary, executive summary)

• Content page

• Introduction ( = always chapter 1)

• Chapter 2 up to chapter…

• Conclusion (= always the last chapter)

• Literature list

• Appendices

Cover and Titlepage

1 Cover

The cover is the first page people see of your report. So the cover will protect and embellish your report. It should...