A recommendation report, broadly speaking, is when you are asked to research an issue (a technology, process, program, product, or topic), analyze several alternatives, and then recommend one alternative for action. The recommendation report is written to assist an executive in making a decision or choosing the solution to a problem. As the writer, you might be an employee or a consultant. The situation or problem should be in your field - either the field you are studying or a work field in which you have experience.

• Perhaps you want to explore the new software, the best textbook, internship opportunities, feasibility of graduate school, or the need for a new course in your field.
• Maybe you want to examine how to improve attendance, increase GPA, recruit minorities, or fund projects at your college.
• Possibly you want to analyze public relations, management styles, quality control, or conservation efforts at your work.

In short, your job is to define reasonable alternatives, gather and evaluate information about those alternatives, and recommend one of the alternatives.

Your primary audience (the person who requested the report) is an executive who needs to make a decision. Your secondary audience (other employees/technical people) will not make the decision but will use the report, for example, financial analysts, training officer, human resources employees. The report will have sections with headings so that all readers can find the information they need to do their jobs.

Write a double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 font recommendation report that extends 6-8 pages for the main body sections (introduction, analysis, conclusions, and recommendation). Note that front matter and back matter, though required for the report, are not considered in the page length requirements. You will be deciding on an issue of interest, figuring out a problem that needs a solution, researching the alternative solutions to the problem, and recommending one course of action.