From the course: Writing a Business Report
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Writing the appendices
- Will your business report need an appendix, or if more than one item, the plural appendices? Probably. How do you determine if an appendix is necessary? Ask questions such as, "Do I have information "that is not essential to explain my findings, "but that supports my overall analysis?" "Information that my reader might want to see, "but not at the moment he is actually reading the report?" One example of information that could be included in an appendix is summary graphics or visuals, a visual that doesn't support a specific body section, but shows the summary of all the statistical data in the report, and maybe in an easy-to-read table. For example, in the report body might be a chart comparing the sales in four branch stores as representative examples of the north, south, east, and west. But the reader might want to see more than these four locations that you're analyzing. So sales for all branches could be provided in a table placed in the appendix. You might even include a map…
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Writing the cover or title page2m 43s
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Writing the transmittal4m 2s
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Writing the table of contents and list of illustrations3m 15s
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Writing the executive summary2m 49s
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Writing the introduction5m 14s
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Writing the body5m 50s
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Writing the ending3m 3s
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Writing the appendices3m 12s
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Writing the SWOT4m 37s
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