Professional Communication &Ethics
Unit 1: Advanced Technical Writing
Faculty Name : Dr. Arpita Palchoudhury, Mrs. Anupama Shenoy,Mrs. Nisha
Narwani, Miss Mansi Jawale
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Index – Unit-1, Report Writing
Lecture 3-Report Writing: Types of Report 3
Lecture 4-Report Writing: Elements of Style
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and Language of a Report
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Lecture 3 Unit:1 , Report Writing
Types of Report
Types of Reports
1. Informational
2. Interpretive
3. Routine
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Reports
Formal Reports are results of an analysis, investigation
of a problem, survey of the situation, or a piece of
research……………..
Informational: Interpretive:
An informational report contains This type of report contains facts
only the data collected or the facts but it also includes an evaluation or
observed in an organised form. interpretation or analysis of data.
It presents situation as it should be
It presents the situation as it is.
It contains conclusion and
It does not contain any conclusion or sometimes recommendations also.
recommendation.
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Report
Routine Reports
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Progress Report
1) Name of the project
2) Total work to be completed
3) Date
4) Work completed to date
5) Work to be completed
6) Possible date for completion
7) Remarks if any
8) Signature and designation of the
reporting officer
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Reports
Laboratory Report
1. Heading
2. Experiment No.
3. Date
4. Statement of the object
5. Apparatus used
6. Method or procedure followed
7. Observation
8. Conclusion
9. Signature
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Reports
Quick Revision
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References
Sharma,R.C.Mohan ,Krishna.Business Correspondence and Report Writing, Third
Edition,Tata Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited. New Delhi, Pp127-136
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Lecture 4 , unit 1, Elements of Style and Language of a
report
Elements of style and
language of a report
What you understand by term ‘STYLE’
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language
What is STYLE of a piece of writing?
It is difficult to specify the elements that constitute the ‘style of a piece of writing.
In simple words style is the way you write………..
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language
Elements of style of a report
The Scientific
Attitude
Plainness Readability
Elements
of Style
Precision and Right Choice of
Conciseness words and
Phrases
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language
Scientific Attitude(Objective in your approach to
problems, Impartial in the analysis of data, Truthful in
presentation of the facts.
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language
Readability (Specific Readership)
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language
Choice of words( Choose the words that are able to
evoke same meaning in the mind of reader which you
have in your mind)
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Precision and Conciseness
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language
Plainness
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language
Language
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Language
References
Sharma,R.C.Mohan ,Krishna.Business Correspondence and Report Writing, Third
Edition,Tata Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited. New Delhi, Pp166-180
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