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Technology information is really important in bussiness, because in this technology era, lot of people use technology to get more information, as this reason, the bussiness company could use this chance to promote their product by technology information such as email, website, ect. Another that the componay will easy to make a deal with the customer or to contact the customer. The company also more easy to ask the information about the product or give complain about the product.

Bussiness report is the report that written to bussiness purpose. Bussiness report is quite defferent from the other report, becasue in bussiness report is written about the information or some plans to better decitions.

Here are the definition of bussiness report according to the experts:

1.      Lesikar and Petit, “A business report is an orderly, objective communication of factual information that serves some business purpose.”

2.      Boone and Other said, “A business report is a document that organizes information and a specific topic for a specific business purpose.”

3.      According to Murphy and Hildebrandt, “A business report is an impartial, objective, planned presentation of a fact to one or more persons for a specific, significant business purpose.”

We can conclude that, a business report can be defined as an organized, written statement of facts related to specific business matter. It helps the interested persons to get insight into the problem and to overcome the problem

Types of Business Reports

1. Ordinary or Routine Report

Ordinary reports are prepared and presented before the managing director at specific intervals or to the next authorized person in the business routine. The reports shall be submitted either daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annually or annually. This type of report contains mere statement of facts in detail without any opinion or recommendation of the reporter.

Examples for routine reports are Report of Directors to the Annual General Meeting, Auditor’s Report to the Annual General Meeting, Sales Report, Production Report and the like.

2. Special Report

This type of report is prepared and presented before the top management on specific request. It usually contains the opinions or recommendations of the reporter with the help of facts and arguments. Examples for special report are opening of branch, introducing a new product, Improving the quality or changing the shape or size of the product and the like.

Kinds of Report

1. Formal Report

Formal report is prepared in a prescribed format and presented before the competent authority in an established procedure. Reports submitted by officials or committees of constituted bodies (example: Companies, Cooperative Societies, Local Bodies etc.) are usually formal report.

2. Informal Report

Informal report is prepared in a format of the convenience of the reporter and presented directly before the required person as and when demanded. An informal report is presented as in the form of letter or memorandum. Generally, it takes the form of a person to person communication.

The formal reports are classified into two types. They are statutory report and non-statutory report

3. Informative Report

An informative report is prepared and presented with the help of available information at the maximum with regard to an issue or situation.

4. Interpretative Report

An interpretative report is not only contains the facts, views and opinions of reporters and others but also includes the causes for an issue or an event and required remedial action with recommendations.