Yr 11 Business – Writing for Business Report

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Year 11 Business – Writing for Business Report

Writing the business report

What do you do?

• Break down the question
• Usually a paragraph, stimulus, take highlighter (key points),
• Plan your response
• Write your report

Planning
underlining/highlighting the keywords to isolate them and ensure that you are definitely answering what is being asked of you look at the directive verb – this should dictate how you structure your response

Structure

Use a system of headings, subheadings and numberings, a good guide is:

1. Executive Summary
2. Heading
2.1. Subheading
2.2. Subheading
2.3. Recommendation
3. Conclusion

For example:
2. Global Marketing Strategies
2.1. Global Pricing
2.1.1. Advantages
2.1.2. Disadvantages
2.2. Customisation
2.2.1. Advantages
2.2.2. Disadvantages
2.3. Recommendation
3. Conclusion