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Informal Reports
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REPORT
A report may be defined as a formal statement describing a state of affairs or what has happened.
It contains a detailed description of a problem or a situation.
It generally includes conclusions and suggestions for future course of action.
Informal report:
A informal report is usually in the form of person-to-person communication. It is usually written in the form of a letter.
It is also called as short reports.
It is a document that contains about two to five pages of text.
Guidelines for Writing Informal Reports
Define the project.
Write a statement of purpose.
This mostly one line sentense that describes the readers about what the report is about.
Kinds of Informal Reports
Information Report
Progress Report
Justification Report
Feasibility Report
Minutes of Meeting
Summary
Conclusion
Informal reports are used to convey the casual information in the work place
i.e., they will provide routine information to a “regular” reader.
It helps in transferring knowledge from a person who knows it to a person who needs to know it. Thus the informal reports play a major role in the transfer of information between the employees in the work place
about progress of their work etc…