Presenting the Client Report

Abstract

In this chapter you are taken through the different stages of writing a report for your client organisation. For the client, this is the outcome of your project, so it is important that the report meets their needs. Various types of report are explained and suggestions made about presentation and content. Where recommendations are made, they should be grounded in the evidence you have collected from informants. Findings which could be interpreted as unfavourable to the organisation or to persons within it require sensitive handling. Finally, we comment briefly on some of the implications of using the client report for academic assessment.