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Summarize the background, findings, implications, and recommendations of your report for management, giving them the details they will need to implement the recommendations.
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Address readers at the management-level in your executive summary. Focus on the information that managers need to provide support and leadership so that others can do the work to make your recommendations happen. Your readers would include people who work in purchasing, PR, hiring, and supervisors. You are telling these readers what they need to do to provide the resources and support to make your recommendations happen.
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Conclude with your recommendation, including brief details supporting your suggestions. Explain why your recommendation is the best option to follow. See the fifth paragraph of the Executive Summary in the Sample Recommendation Report for help.
Review your Executive Summary to confirm that you include all the information that readers of your report will need.
Share your draft with your group and make additional revisions as necessary to connect with the other sections of your report.