Team Recommendation Report
Your Report Sections & Home Page
Recommendation Report
Overview & What to Include:
Your team is researching, analyzing, composing, and compiling a formal Recommendation Report for your local client.
Genre expectations for Recommendation Reports are fairly consistent across business, industry, and academics. The sections you'll compose in W231 will be similar to sections you'll compose in your professional pursuits.
Recommendation Report Sections
What to include in your report.
Include the following SECTIONS in your Team Recommendation Report:
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Website Home Page [In a paper version, this is the Cover Page]
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tips on what to include with your Home page or Cover Page
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Executive Summary [This is a 500 word overview of the entire project. The Executive doesn't have time to read the entire report. That person will read the Executive Summary then click to the information they found interesting. INCLUDE hyperlinks in the Executive Summary to help them quickly get to the Key Findings within the report.]
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Introduction [This is the introduction to the entire report and can be several paragraphs long to help orient the readers to what is in the report and where it is in the report. Think of this as an introduction to the scope of the project, then as a map to navigating the project. Hyperlinks/anchors are a great addition to any introduction.]
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Methodology Section [This is what you looked for and where you looked.]
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Analysis [This is the HEART of the entire project. The Analysis is where you make your argument FOR EACH RECOMMENDATION and support every point with multiple sources which you synthesize: multiple source synthesis.]
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Recommendations [This includes a three line introduction, then the actual list of recommendations and sub-recommendations. There is no research here. Think of it as a TO DO list with some HOW TO DOs as sub-recommendations.]
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In W231, we include a Review of Literature [ROL]. This is not standard in most business reports. The ROL serves a unique purpose: it helps 200-level IUPUI students become familiar with Annotated Bibliographies and Review of Literature composing strategies for academic writing.
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References [Use APA formatting]
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Appendices [The Appendices are where you can share the Local Study, Team Page, and W231 Overview. This is also where you share all of the cool things you found that didn't fit tidily into the Analysis.]
Home Page Musts:
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A Specific Title with Recommendation Report in the Title
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"Prepared for"
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"Prepared by"
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Date
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Summary/overview
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Context [IUPUI W231 Professional Writing Skill Team Project]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS with hyperlinks to major sections
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Your Team Recommendation Report will follow standard genre expectations for recommendation report writing.
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Typically a recommendation report will focus on a specific issue or project, share relevant information and research, then recommend steps related to the project purpose and goals.
Recommendation Reports: Genre Expectations
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Refer to your textbook for standard practices and an example.
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Refer to the ARP Booklet available on Canvas for unique W231 expectations for the team recommendation report.
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Use this WIX website tutorial to review basics covered in your textbook, the ARP Booklet, and course discussions
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[This website is a support tool; it does not provide you with the depth and breadth of the textbook and ARP Booklet.]
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Team Recommendation Report
Creating a Home Page
Why do I need a Home Page?
The HOME PAGE of your Recommendation Report website will provide your audience with context and purpose. It works like the cover page of a print-form Recommendation Report.
Don't Forget
A Home Page should have
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A Specific Title with Recommendation Report in the Title
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"Prepared for"
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"Prepared by"
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Date
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Summary/overview
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Context [IUPUI W231 Professional Writing Skill Team Project]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS with hyperlinks to major sections
