Academic Report BC

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Copyright © 2006, M K Sehgal, Vandana Khetarpal

Academic Report Writing

Business Communication M K Sehgal, Vandana Khetarpal

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACADEMIC AND

BUSINESS REPORTS Business/technical report writing usually forms an important part

of business in normal course, whereas, an academic project report

is an academic requirement.

A business report is written on an issue/ project pertaining to the

working of the organization, its sales, progress, etc. An academic

report is written on a project, completed in an industry/business

company under the joint supervision of an industry expert and

faculty of the concerned institute.

A business report is submitted to a committee or to a supervisor

for evaluation or for further action. Academic report is submitted

for evaluation under the guidance of the project supervisor and

the faculty.

A business report is written during the course of business, as and

when the need arises for it. The academic project report is written at

the end of the summer term during which, a live project is done

and successfully completed.

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A Business Report may be informational in nature; not necessarily based on a live research. A summer project report records the findings and results of an actual project done within a given frame time.

Business reports are more practical in nature as they are utilized by the management for the progress of the organization or to study a prevailing problem in business. Academic reports are more compulsive in nature.

Not everyone in the organization may be asked to prepare a Business Report, but all the students in the course of study are required to prepare an Academic Report.

A good Business report earns good name for the report writers and a good academic or summer project report earns for the student's credit in terms of “Grade” .

Both summer project and business/technical reports have a standard format and structure that consists nearly of the same parts–introduction, discussion, and conclusion. However, the summer project report/academic report, like a research dissertation carries a certificate of approval for its submission and evaluation.

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GUIDELINES FOR WRITING SUMMER PROJECT

REPORT

Objective

Topic of the Summer/Academic Project Report

Project Report Guides

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PROJECT PROPOSAL: SYNOPSISThe summer project proposal should be prepared in the

manner given below.

1. Cover page of summer project proposal

2. Table of contents

3. Introduction

4. The Research problem

5. The Research design

6. Time frame

7. Limitations

8. References

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NORMS FOR THE SUMMER PROJECT

The primary purpose of the summer project report is to demonstrate

the student’s capability to make effective use of research methods

appropriate to the problem and to develop and handle evidence

satisfactorily. The summer project report should, therefore, contain a

section on:

a) The research procedure(s) employed.

b) The extent, nature, reliability and suitability of evidence gathered.

c) The conclusions drawn and the recommendations made, to

demonstrate skills in analysis and interpretation of research

results.

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COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT REPORT

The summer project report should appear in the following order:

Page i: Cover Page ii: Title page Page iii: Certificate of approval Page iv: Approval of organizational and faculty guides Page v-vi: Abstract Page vii: AcknowledgementsPage viii: Table of contents Page ix: List of figures Page x: List of tables Page xi: List of appendices Page xii: Abbreviations Page 1: Chapter 1(Introduction)Page: Research design Page: Results and conclusions Page: Recommendations and suggestions Page: Last Chapter

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