Informal Memorandum Report

Summary

Summarize the whole report, being sure to answer the questions of most concern to the immediate reader.

Background


Give a brief summary of the general setting for whatever is being reported. This is more of a reminder than anything, but should answer the who, what, when, where, why and how questions (other than the report's major question).

Facts


Summary of whatever is being reported. If an inspection, what did you find? If a trip, where did you go and what did you do or learn? If an accident, what specifically happened? You might think of this section as being a fully developed discussion of the report's major question.

Outcome


What is the state of things now? (or) How would you evaluate the trip? What has been done to fix the problem? (or) Was the trip valuable? etc.

Conclusions


What conclusions can you draw about the overall significance of the thing being reported in relationship to the continuing work of the company?

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