Chapter 12 Chapter Overview & Objectives

Proposals and Formal Reports

Chapter Overview

This chapter explores how to write project proposals and evidence-based formal reports. You’ll learn to recognize the distinctions between informal and formal proposals, between informal and formal reports, and between formal reports and proposals. You’ll be introduced to methods of data collection along with research strategies, standards for evaluating sources, and methods for acknowledging sources. You’ll also be introduced to writing processes, work plans for managing projects, formatting essentials, and strategies for writing reports collaboratively.

Learning Objectives

In this chapter, you will learn to do the following:

  1. Identify elements of informal and formal proposals.
  2. Distinguish between proposals and formal reports.
  3. Conduct research by generating primary data and collecting secondary data.
  4. Apply standards for evaluating research material from a variety of sources.
  5. Apply the writing process to formal reports.
  6. Develop a report work plan for a formal report.
  7. Write a report as part of a team.
  8. Identify elements of formal reports and document sources.
  9. Draw conclusions and develop recommendations from report data.
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