Discussed business reports and proposals. An essential part of efficient report and proposal writing is effective organizing. Identify and discuss how the findings in each of the following reports could best be organized (time, component, importance, criteria, or convention). Explain, in your own words, your justification and reasoning for each choice you made.
1. A city’s building division website reporting permits issued during a specific date range
2. An investigative report describing a company’s expansion plans in South America, Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia
3. A progress report written by a team of researchers to keep their supervisor informed at each of the five project stages
4. A set of drill guidelines for businesses described in a recommendation report detailing four levels of emergency response to earthquakes
5. A report comparing the sales volumes of the agents of a large national realtor based on the number of listings taken, number of listings sold, total sales in the agents’ market areas, and more.
6. A recommendation report to be submitted to management presenting four building plans to improve access to your building, in compliance with federal regulations. The plans range considerably in feasibility and cost.
7. An employee performance appraisal submitted annually
8. A report comparing the benefits of buying or leasing a fleet of electric vehicles. The report presents data on depreciation, upfront cost, maintenance, battery life, range on one charge, and other factors.