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Overview of business report writing for Business Studies
Because it so closely mirrors the real commercial world, business actually has a language of its own. The language of business is known either as the report format or as report style writing. In this tutorial the two terms are used interchangeably.
In most cases your Business Studies teachers will prefer that you use report style writing for your assignments instead of the more familiar "essay style" of writing that you have become so accustomed to over the past ten years.
For example: The sentence below contains the same words but there is a slight difference in presentation. The first sentence is written in report style writing and the second sentence is written in standard essay style.
(Sentence one , written in report style writing)
The good news is that report style writing is:
• easy to learn
• easy to organise and
• likely to help earn you higher marks in Business Studies.
(Sentence two, written in essay style writing)
The good news is that report style writing is easy to learn, easy to organise and likely to earn you higher marks in Business Studies.
See the difference? There is of course more to report format writing than this.

* Assess business performance, provide a quick status check, and monitor progress towards the strategic goals of the business
* Summarize key business indicators by presenting them in visually intuitive charts and graphs, easy-to-read grids and spreadsheets, pixel-perfect documents, and interactive dashboards and scorecards.
* Use statistics - such as key performance indicators and financial ratios - to present key business metrics
* Access data online or offline through various means of communication (by Web; e-mail; mobile device; desktop application; Microsoft® Office application – Excel, Word, PowerPoint; file server; or printer)

A business report is a standard form of business communication that combines qualitative and quantitative information in a logical format, serving as critical corporate documentation. Business reports present information-based views of the enterprise to appropriate audiences and can be automatically individualized for each user.

Business reports:

* Assess business performance, provide a quick status check, and monitor progress towards the strategic goals of the business
* Summarize key business indicators by presenting them in visually intuitive charts and graphs, easy-to-read grids and spreadsheets, pixel-perfect documents, and interactive dashboards and scorecards.
* Use statistics - such as key performance indicators and financial ratios - to present key business metrics
* Access data online or offline through various means of communication (by Web; e-mail; mobile device; desktop application; Microsoft® Office application – Excel, Word, PowerPoint; file server; or printer)

The purpose of a Business report is to communicate information to assist in the business decision making process. Some reports might propose solutions for business problems or might present relevant information to assist in the problem solving process. A Business plan is a kind of report which serves to communicate the Business model, Business management model and the commercial objectives of a business.

In general when writing a business report the following steps have to be followed

1. Preparing to write the business report
2. Determining the scope of the report
3. Understanding the Target Audience
4. research to collect supporting information
5. formatting and organizing the report