A Guide to Writing Business Reports

A professional Business Report is required as part of the assignment. Consistent style, correct spelling and grammar, and page numbering are expected as a matter of course.

There are many resources you can use to help you with the layout and design of the report (see for example the Useful Guides section at the end of this document). However, to give you a clear understanding of our requirements we detail the major sections of a sample report here with a brief description

You should address the company manager(s), not the teaching staff.

Front page

• Title of the Project


• Addressing the client manager(s)


• Name and contact details of the consultants


• Your company name


• Date

Table of Contents Executive Summary

A brief summary of the objectives of the data analysis tasks related to assessment requirements (and specific company goals if applicable). This would also highlight your findings from the requirements given (e.g. your data model recommendations for A2).

1. Introduction

• A short introduction to the report including who commissioned the project and why?

2. Company Profile

• Brief analysis of the company profile and describe their business goal(s). Identify and state the project objective and scope (you can be creative here).

3. Proposed Data Model - Assignment Task 2: EER Diagram

• Propose a data model as specified in the

4. Justify its match to the client requirements

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  Clearly state any assumptions

  
  


• Explain how the EER diagram meets the clients needs as per assignment

5. Benefits and limitations

• Describe expected benefits of the proposed data model in relation to the company business


• Inform the client of possible issues/limitations associated with the data Suggest ways to address them.

6. Recommendations

• Summarize the


• State your recommendations Do you advocate this business adopting an information system with a database back-end built according to the EER model? Do the benefits identified in section 5 justify your recommendation(s)?

7. Appendix 1: for the Assessment Task
   
   
   
   • This may include any details you wish to add in a table about your EER model e.g. detailed descriptions of all entities that you model in your EER Since the focus of your design is on EER modelling you are advised to add your final EER model in the body part of your Report. If you wish to show an initial draft of your EER model in your Report, add that to your Appendix. Note that Appendix items are not part of the Wordcount.
   
   
   
   

8. References

• References that you use in conducting this data modelling If no references were used in the report, then you may leave this section out.

Useful resources:

• General guides for report writing can be found at: http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support/academic-resources/report- writing


• Referencing styles:

http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support/referencing APA is preferred.