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F112
Technical Reports
Definition
Characteristics
Types
Importance
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Report: Definition
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Objectives of a Report
To present a record of accomplished work
To record an experiment
To record research findings or technical
specifications
To document schedules, timetables and
milestones
To record and clarify complex information for
future reference
To recommend actions for solving certain
problems.
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Characteristics of a Report
Formal elements like precision and factual
details
Presented in a conventional form in order
to inform, persuade or to recommend
Includes information about the procedure
of data collection and significance of such
data
Contains conclusions
Contains recommendations if required
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Report Writing
Subjective
Objective
Driven by feelings
Driven by facts
Vague objectives
Specific purpose
Imaginary world
Real world
Urged by circumstances
No criterion
Data based
Style(abstract)
Objective, plain
No structure
Specific structure
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Importance of Reports:
Why do we write Reports?
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Importance of Reports
(contd)
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Report types:
Reports
Oral
Written
Informal
Formal
Informational
Interpretive
Progress
Laboratory
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Routine
Annual
Inspection
Inventory
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Written
Face to face
communication
Easy for
speaker
Informal
Ephemeral
Written
communication
Easy for reader
Formal
Permanent record
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Informational or
Informative Report
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Interpretative or Analytical
Report
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Reports (contd..)
Informational Report
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Presents situation as it
is
Contains no
conclusions or
recommendations
Important in decision
making
Interpretive Report
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Confidential
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Progress Report
When a long-term project or work is
undertaken, the administration keeps itself
informed through progress reports.
It helps the workers immediately
responsible for the job to take stock of the
situation.
The frequency of a progress report depends
on the organization.
If it is prepared at regular intervals, it is
called a periodic report.
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Laboratory Report
To test a theory
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Inspection Reports
Inventory Reports
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Utility of a
report
A report is a professionals only tangible
product.
It presents his/her investigation, testing
and experimentation. If his/her efforts are
to count in the judgment of the superiors,
he/she must describe clearly what he/she
has done. He/She must show the
significance of his/her work. And often the
engineers written report is his/her only
contact with the management.
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THANK YOU
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