My strand is Accountancy, Business, and Management. ACTIVITY 4

Topic 3 Reports are essential to keep an updated account of an event, situation, and organization. These are documents that wish to inform, analyze, or recommend. Reports are often expressed through oral presentations or written. The common mediums of these reports are speeches, televisions, radios, and films. Report writing is making a detailed statement about the company, an event, a situation, and/or an occurrence which is based on an observation, investigations, and inquiries. TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS REPORTS Formal Report - is a complex account either written or oral that uses formal and structured language and is usually applied in major projects and organizations. . Informational - presents result, information, and updates and explains Examples: I attendance reports annual budget reports monthly financial reports . Analytical - presents, analyzes, and draws conclusions from reports and shows the why and the how of an occurrence Examples: scientific research feasibility reports, employee appraisals . Recommendatory- presents recommendation based on the results and conclusions Example: [ recommendation report Informal Report - communicates, updates information using free-flowing, casual and short formats usually about routines and everyday business Examples: progress reports feasibility report literature review personnel evaluation report on sales Page | 2 ACTIVITY A: Enrichment Activity Directions: Explain the importance of writing a report in relation to your strand. Write your brief answer on the space provided. (10pts)