Decide whether you would choose the direct approach or the indirect approach for reports in each of the following situations:

a. You are halfway through a landscaping job at a summer resort, and the absent owner calls you to request that you send him a brief report on what you have done.

b. After a lot of employee complaints, you have persuaded a reluctant boss to let you look into the matter of staggered work hours. You find that staggered hours would improve employee performance and morale, and you are going to recommend them.

c. Your boss has asked you to investigate factory safety procedures and suggest ways to rove them.

d. The sales manager has asked you to com pare two possible choices for company cars for the sales force. You know he favours one, but you think the other is more suitable.

e. You think your company's handling of customer relations could be improved and you have some simple, inexpensive suggestions. You decide to write an informal report and send it to the customer relations manager.