A fair structure for a report could be as outlined below:
- Title Page – This shows the heading, the writer, the Individual who will receive the report and the completion date.
- Summary – This will make up around about ten percent of the content.
- It will show the following
- The intent of the report
- The scale of the report – ideas put forward
- The valuable results and answers
- The conclusions and suggestions
- Recognition to those individuals who have assisted in the compilation
- Table of contents – this does not include the title and contents page!
- Main Body of report – this will have:
- An Introduction – a few sentences about the content
- Argument – put into parts, presented concisely and restricted to factual information and not a point of view
- Conclusion – this will:
- report back to the results outlined in the main body
- include a precise summary of the main ideas
- sketch the result s of the research
There should be no new information put into the conclusion that has been omitted from the main body.
- Suggestions – these will:
- recommend what is to be extended, who should do this and when it is to be executed
- be supported by results, they should not just be based on the view of the writer
- Surface from the conclusions.
- Bibliography
- Appendices – these contain additional material too comprehensive for the main body of the report, such as charts, questionnaires, tables and statistics
