What to write in executive summary of report
REPORT WRITING MADE SIMPLE - THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
what is an executive summary the
executive summary is usually the first
piece of content that the reader sees in
a report although it appears in the main
report it should be able to stand alone
as a separate document an executive
summary is defined as a brief overview
of the report and a consolidation of the
key points raised in the report however
an executive summary is more than just
cutting and pasting whole sections from
the report it is not a random collection
of highlights your reader doesn't have
the time and energy to wade through too
much irrelevant information your and
secular summary should pique the
interest of the reader to read a main
report to get a good idea of what will
be interesting to your reader you should
write the entire report first and the
executive summary last not only debt
your executive summary should be 10% of
your entire total word count of your
main report note that the word count of
the executive summary doesn't add to the
total account of your main report the
reader should be able to understand your
main points and the supporting evidence
without having to read the entire report
paraphrase sentences where necessary to
save the work count but be careful not
to lose the essence of your main points
so how should you write an executive
summary step 1 read the entire document
it is critical that before you write
your executive summary you need to read
through your entire report take notes or
significant data that will be important
to the reader make sure you have a good
understanding of your report before you
move on to the next step step to
organize your outline your executive
summary summarizes your entire report so
it makes sense that your report should
be organized according to the order of
the report here are the eight sections
of the executive summary background
information purpose statement scope
research methodology research
limitations key findings and this
conclusion and recommendations step 3
fill in the information you can now
start to write remember not to sacrifice
clarity for brevity do not paraphrase
sections like your findings conclusion
and recommendations to a point where the
text becomes big and pointless include
specifics like the number of the sample
size significant percentages in your
findings and discussion conclusion and
recommendations step 4 review the
executive summary after writing you can
either wait at least a day to reread it
or pass it to someone who hasn't seen it
to read it the task the check if the
summary will be able to convey the
necessary information to inspire the
reader to look into the main report
although the executive summary is a
standalone document the same rules for
the report also apply to the executive
summary created using powtoon
