You may be asked to write any piece in the style of a report. If you have not been given a structure, there is a standard structure I suggest for presentation:
* Title Page - showing the title of the report, the author, the person for whom the report is prepared, and the date of completion
* Summary/Synopsis/Executive Summary (approx 10% of word count) - this will identify:
The purpose of the report
The scope of the report
Issues covered/not covered
The important results and findings
The conclusions and recommendations
Acknowledgement of any assistance in researching and compiling the report
* Table of contents - not including the title and contents page!
* Body of report – this will include: Introduction – what is the report about
* Discussion – divided into sections and sub sections, presented clearly and confined to fact rather than analysis/opinion
* Conclusion – this should: Relate back to the findings in the body of the report, include a clear summary of the main points and outline the findings of the research. There should be nothing in the conclusion that has not already been mentioned in the body of the report.
* Recommendations – these should emerge from the conclusions, suggest what is to be done, who is to do it and how/when it is to be done and be justified based on findings, not just the opinion of the writer
* Bibliography
* Appendix/Appendices - containing supplementary material too detailed for the main body of the report, such as tables, charts, statistics, questionnaires etc
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