Structure / Layout of a Report (Unit four)
On Demand Reports An on demand report is prepared on an out of the routine situation or subject. The examples of such reports are: - Survey Report, (e.g. A Report on the Causes of Decline in the Sale of a Product) Report on technical problem, Feasibility Report, Report on an accident, etc. An on demand report always has an author and a recipient of the report. Author is the person who writes the report and recipient is the authorized person who formally asks / appoints the author to write the report and whom the report is finally submitted after the completion of the report. The recipient supplies terms of reference for the author for his guidelines to write the report. The terms of reference clearly outline the scope, purpose and limitation of your work. Sometimes, the recipient of the report may be different and the audience may be a different person or a group of person. You may note here that these reports are prepared on manuscript format. A manuscript format has overall ninet