Exam 9: Informal Reports

Informal minutes tend to be longer and less well organized than formal minutes, making the informal minutes more difficult to read.

Based on their function, business reports typically fall into one of these two categories: instructional or persuasive.

Your company currently processes its payroll internally but is trying to decide whether to outsource this routine duty to an independent firm that specializes in processing payroll. You are in charge of determining whether your company should proceed with this plan. What kind of report would you most likely write?

Connor has studied the effect of on-site daycare on employee work attendance. He must present his findings to his supervisor, who is opposed to this service. What should he do?

Informal business reports generally fall into one of six categories. However, in many instances the boundaries of the categories overlap and distinctions are not always clear-cut.

You work as a human resources administrator for a large university. Each month you must submit a report to the director of Human Resources in which you summarize the number of applicants, the number of interviews conducted, and the number of employees. What kind of report would you most likely write to do this?

Which of the following is not needed in a feasibility report?

When your reader may oppose your recommendation, you should begin the report by announcing the recommendation directly.

An informal writing style includes

Feasibility reports answer such questions as Will this plan or proposal work?

Analytic reports should always be written using the indirect pattern.

When a company must decide whether to proceed with a plan of action, it may require a __________ report.

The primary purpose of an executive summary is to concentrate on what management needs to know from a longer report.

Headings are advantageous only to the reader of the report, not to the writer.

The audience, purpose, and setting of a message usually determine the use of a formal or informal writing style, but only a formal writing style will enhance the authority and credibility of a report.

Headings that show the outline of a report are called

Formal meeting minutes provide a summary record of old business, new business, announcements, and reports, as well as the precise wording of motions.

Which of the following reports is an example of an analytical report?

A distinct type of information report is the _________ report. In this type of report, business travelers identify the event they attended or the company they visited, summarize three to five main points objectively and, if requested, itemize their expenses on a separate sheet.

Which is the most accurate statement about business report organizational patterns?