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Completing Business
Reports and
Proposals

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Three-Step Writing
Process
Planning

Writing

Completing

Chapter
Chapter 12
12


Chapter 13

Chapter 14

•Analyzing

•Organizing

•Revising

•Investigating

•Composing

•Producing

•Adapting

•Designing


•Proofreading

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Revising Reports
and Proposals
Style and Tone
Organization
Readability
Content
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Producing Formal
Reports
and Proposals
Design Elements
Report-Writing Teams
Computer Resources
Audience Expectations
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Components
of Formal Reports

Prefatory
Parts


Report
Length

Audience
Needs

Type of
Report

Text of Supplementary
the Report
Parts

Type of
Company

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Prefatory Parts
Cover

Letter of
Acceptance

List of
Illustrations

Title Fly
or Title Page

Letter of
Transmittal

Synopsis
or Abstract


Letter of
Authorization

Table of
Contents

Executive
Summary

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Text of the Report
Introduction
Body
Closing
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Supplementary
Parts

Appendixes Bibliography

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Index

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Components of
Formal Proposals

Proposal
Cover

Title Fly

List of
Request
Illustrations for Proposal
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Title Page

Table
of Contents

Executive
Summary

Letter of
Transmittal


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Text of the Proposal

Introduction

Body

Closing

Informal

Formal

Solicited

Unsolicited


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Proofreading Reports
and Proposals
Spelling

Inconsistencies

Punctuatio
n

Errors
Missing Components
Text
Placement


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Visual Aids

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Potential Reactions
to the Report

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Positive
Response

Half-Hearted
Praise

No Action

Serious
Criticism

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