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Business Report Information and Guidelines

Your name

ML Hunter

Bus 1104 – Written Business Communications

ARCC

Summer, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS of INSTRUCTION GUIDELINES

Topic of Business Report 1

Bus Report Subject Matter 1

Specific Page Requirements 1

Format Structure of Bus Report 2

Report Subject Matter 2

Business Report Material 3

Websites of Report Material 3

Report Websites 3

Websites for Research 3

Additional Websites for the Report 3

Rubric of Bus Report 4

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Topic of Business Report

Your business report will discuss the company in which you are working right now or a company with which you have worked in the past.

Introduction - Tell me what the company does. Is it a family-owned business? A middle-sized? A local company or an international corporation?

Body - Give me the History of the company.

Briefly discuss your role in the company. What do you do? How long have you been there?

Graph or charts – if possible, include a graph showing a financial statement from your company. If you cannot find a chart, use one that encapsulates the industry you are in as a whole. For example, find a graph that shows the impact COVID-19 had on your industry.

Conclusion – what are your future plans? Are you going to stay at the company? Change jobs? What will you do after you graduate?

Specific Page Requirements

1. Title Page ___Check when completed

2. Cover/Introduction Letter ___ Check when completed

3. Table of Contents ___Check when completed

4. Body of Work

a. Introduction ___Check when completed

b. Body ___Check when completed

· History, graphs

5. Conclusion ___Check when completed

· A wrap-up of the business report

6. Bibliography/Reference/Works Cited ___Check when completed

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Format Structure of Bus Report

1. Title page: A short, clear title which clearly indicates what the report is about.

· The title page includes the title of the report. You can make this ‘name’ up.

· It must include: Your name

Prof. ML Hunter

Bus 1104 – Written Business Communications

ARCC

Summer, 2023

· You may be creative and colorful

2. Cover Letter: A formal letter in which the writer discusses the content of the report, why it was written, and what the reader will learn from reading the report.

3. Table of Contents: A numbered list of the sections of a report that highlights the topics to be discussed.

4. Body of Work: The portion of the report in which the research and information is introduced, examined, and assessed.

· Introduction: Opening statement in which the writer informs the reader of what will be discussed in the report. The ‘why’ of the report is also introduced in this section.

· Body: This is the bulk of the report. It is the section where you put forth of your information. In this instance – your own company or previous company.

· Graph or chart of something relate to the company. Only one is required.

· Conclusion: A wrap-up of the business report. Restate why the report was produced/written.

· Bibliography/Reference/Works Cited: A list of the books, videos, websites, and articles, referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix.

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Business Report Material

The list of websites below are for you to begin your research for your business report – they are not to be your only information source. It is recommended you go to a number of different websites and look up companies that fall under the categories of:

1. The Complete Guide to Researching a Company - https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/the-complete-guide-to-researching-a-company

2. Researching Investments: Get a good understanding of an investment and what affects its performance – https://www.share.com/a-guide-to-investing/research-analysis/researching-investments

3. RESEACHING INVESTMENTS - https://www.investor.gov/research-before-you-invest/research/researching-investments

Additional Websites for the Report

1. Where Financial Reporting Still Falls Short (H. David Sherman S. David Young) - https://hbr.org/2016/07/where-financial-reporting-still-falls-short

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Bus 1104 - Rubric for Grading Assessment: Business Report

Criteria & Points Assigned	Missing or Serious Problems	Meets Expectations	Above Expectations	Excellent Work	Points Earned
	19-0	29-20	39-30	50-40
Relevance to requirements involved in creating a business report	The project did not include the required components	Project is incomplete. Excessive discussion of unrelated issues and/or significant errors in content	Project is brief with insufficient detail. Unrelated issues were introduced and/or minor errors in content.	Project is complete; sufficient detail provided to support assertions; project focuses only on issues related to the question; factually correct, inclusion of citations	12.5
Following instructions, thoroughness of report, citing, research	None of the relevant details were included	Serious gaps in the basic details needed	Most of the basic details are included but some are missing, inclusion of citations, research	Deals fully with the entire project, inclusion of citations, research	12.5
Formatting, organization and logical sequencing of a business report, including Table of Contents, visual aids, etc.	Weak organization; topics rambling; ideas and training steps are repeated	Minor problems of organization or logic; Needs work on creating transitions between ideas and training steps	Clear and logical presentation; good development of a training program; Transitions are made clearly and smoothly		12.5
Mechanics of writing (spelling, punctuation, grammar, clarity of prose)	Major problems with mechanics of language; Awkward sentence construction; Poor or absent transitions; Frequently difficult to understand	Frequent problems with mechanics of language; Occasional awkward sentences and poor transitions; reduce readability	Clear, readable, prose. Good use of transitions; no problems with spelling, punctuation, or grammar.		12.5
			TOTAL POINTS	50