Report Analysis
Professional Communication for Managers
Estephani Miranda Fernández Ricardez
National Louis University
Brian Gilligan
BUS 431
July 30, 2022
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In this work I decided to choose the report called "How Do We Read? Let’s Count the
Ways", I decided to choose this one because it caught my attention the name they gave
it, I’m a person who likes to read a lot, it’s a hobby that I love because I learn things and
I can use my imagination to create and think about different things.
This report has 68 pages, of which first explain general definitions on the most relevant
topics to be used, in the next section of the book begin with comparisons between
readers of printed books, audiobook readers and digital readers, which I find very
interesting because they analyze from different points of view and share the graphs and
studies that were made to know the number of populations that belongs to a certain
group.
Something very important in this work is to know to identify where and how the article
provides us with identifying information, a preview, a detailed discussion and
supporting information because by locating these points we can know if the information
they are showing us is true, effective and methodical, in this case we can see that at the
end of each graphic they put the bibliographic references from where they took the
information, also in all paragraphs they put the bibliographic citations and in the same
way before starting with the report there is a section in which they give the definitions
of the most used words in the work, so that there is no mistake and the explanation can
be detailed.
The report we’re working on, is very easy to read because it answers all the questions
the audience needed to know, but in a simple way, use fewer words, but more data and
tables with which to see them you can already have a general idea of the answer. In the
present work what is sought is to analyze the key parts that it has, for that reason when
reading it we can know that this work is a computerized report because its main
objective is to give the necessary information on a specific topic, which people can
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easily understand and look for, when necessary, in short is to inform. In these types of
reports in which the aim is to teach credibility to the results and show it directly, it’s
always sought to be objective, show all the information you find and if you encounter
problems with some topics teach them but giving solutions, show the information in an
easy-to-process way, so that it’s understandable to all and the proper use of tone is very
important since if the audience is treated in a formal and honest manner they can trust
and know that the investigations are true.
When I finished reading the report I realized that it’s very professional because
everything is written correctly, the organization was indicated to understand the main
objective because they put an introduction, which speaks in general about the topics to
be addressed, the table of contents has all the appropriate information to teach readers
the important parts of the report or the part for which they entered to look for this
information and in the final part of the appendices if it would change some things, as for
example the way in which they explain and demonstrate the values in percentages since
from the B onwards the form of interpretation is a little difficult to understand.
Bibliographic references
-Shwom, B. G., & Gueldenzoph Snyder, L. (2010). Business communication (4th
edition, Vol. 4). Pearson.
-How Do We Read? Let’s Count the Ways. (n.d.). National Endowment for the Arts.
Retrieved July 30, 2022, from https://www.arts.gov/impact/research/publications/how-
do-we-read-lets-count-ways
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