Business Management 1B: Lesson 10 Intro to Biz Reports/Proposals

The basic purpose of informational reports is

• to persuade the audience to act

• to present recommendations and conclusions

• to present data, facts, feedback, and other types of information without analysis or recommendation

• to convince the reader of the soundness of your thinking

Your employer e-mailed a questionnaire to all employees to gather data on employee satisfaction. What type of research is your company doing?

• secondary

• primary

• tertiary

• satisfaction

Survey results are considered reliable when

• similar results would be obtained if the survey were repeated

• a representative group of people has been surveyed

• the research measures what it was intended to measure

• the phrasing of the questions is unbiased

You would not need to cite a source if you

• used a direct quotation of under 250 words from a book titled

  Modern Economics

• used a table from the 1985

  Farmer’s Almanac

• described, in your own words, a plan for organizing production lines that appeared in a professional journal.

• made several observations about the market for soft drinks, confirmed by several articles in the popular press

Conclusions diff er from recommendations in that conclusions

• are opinions or interpretations

• are objective

• are acceptable to readers

• suggest what ought to be done about the facts

Which of the following is not one of the reasons to document your secondary sources?

• It properly and ethically credits the person who created the original material

• It properly and ethically credits the person who created the original material

• It helps your readers explore your topic in more detail, if desired

• It keeps readers from using your research as their own

A report that ends with the author providing his or her plan for next steps is considered a

• conclusion

• logical argument

• solution

• recommendation

Your supervisor asks you to prepare a detailed report that summarizes the history of the company. He has asked you to present all

milestones in the order in which they happened. What type of report should you create?

• analytical

• informational

• conclusion

• recommendation

What is the most significant factor in planning a proposal?

• whether it is an internal or external proposal

• determining whether or not you've been asked to submit the proposal

• the approach used to write the proposal

• none of the above

In order to define the purpose of your analytical report, answer all of the following questions, except

• How will the report be prepared?

• What needs to be determined?

• Who is involved in the situation?

• When did it start?