Organizing Data

Your Task.
In groups of three to five, discuss how the findings in the following reports could be best organized. Consider these methods: time, component, importance, criteria, and convention.
a. A monthly sales report submitted to the sales manager.
b. A progress report submitted six months into the process of planning the program for your organization’s convention.
c. A report comparing three locations for a fast-food company’s new restaurant. The report presents data on real estate values, construction costs, traffic patterns, competition, state taxes, labor availability, and population demographics.
d. A report describing the history of the development of dwarf and spur apple trees, starting with the first genetic dwarfs discovered about 100 years ago and progressing to today’s grafted varieties on dwarfing rootstocks.
e. An informational brochure for job candidates that describes your company’s areas of employment: accounting, finance, information systems, operations management, marketing, production, and computer-aided design.
f. A recommendation report to be submitted to management presenting four building plans to improve access to your building, in compliance with federal regulations. The plans range considerably in feasibility and cost.
g. An informational report describing a company’s expansion plans in South America, Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
h. An employee performance appraisal submitted annually.