Reference no: EM132501882 , Length: word count:2500
Executive Summary:
An executive summary is quite different from an introduction and should be written after you have completed your report.
It is a summary of the report in which you include sentence/s for every main section of your report. For example, you can include:
• overview of subject matter
• methods of analysis
• the context of the research
• the purpose of the report
• the major findings (you may need several sentences here)
• the conclusions
• the main recommendations.
Table of Contents:
Creating a "Table of Contents": (delete these instructions after you have generated the "Table of Contents" on this page)
An up-to-date word processing packages can generate a "Table of Contents" for you. Make sure the correct page numbers are shown opposite the contents.
Your table of contents should contain:
• a heading that says "Contents" or "Table of contents"
• the same topics that you have used as sub headings through the report.
• list of numbered sections in the report and the page numbers where all this information can be found (ensure they are correct).
Introduction: -
Your introduction should give enough background information to provide a context for the report. It should:
• outline the purpose of the report
• clarify key terms and indicate the scope of the report (i.e. what the report will cover).
• outline terms of reference and the report's structure
Body:
- This is the main area of your assessment tasks. Here you include the Assessment Task number, then Part A or B etc. (as required) or the question you are answering.
The content of the report body would usually include the following:
• Information organised under appropriate topics/headings with sub-headings which reflect the contents of each section.
• Analysis/discussion of the sources you are reporting.
• Literature review - describes literature relevant to your topic
• Method - summarises what you did and why using past tense, includes information on method of data collection (if applicable),
• Findings or results - describes what you discovered, and observed in your observations and experiments and is written in the past tense.
• Discussion on the findings of your report and discussion of findings in light of theory
• Discussion - discusses and explains your findings and relates them to previous research.
Conclusion:
Your conclusion sums up the main points of the report and should not include new information. It states the major inferences that can be drawn from the discussion.