HOW TO WRITE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Complete an Executive Summary Give an explanation of what the author intended to do in the study or article

HOW TO WRITE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Complete an Executive Summary

Give an explanation of what the author intended to do in the study or article. Summarize three or four of the most important findings of the study or article. Summarize any recommendations made/Include a conclusion statement.

Purpose

* To understand the purpose and structure of an executive summary.

* To be able to analyze, interpret, and summarize relevant information in a formal report.

* To develop writing skills necessary in a formal report.

Student Outcome Measures

Students will assume a role of an assistant to an executive or manager and be able to provide summarizations of formal reports. They will learn how to analyze, interpret, and summarize formal reports to their direct supervisor in a concise and tactful executive summary.

Guidelines

* Your current Executive summary may not exceed one page. (500-600 Word Count)

* Executive summaries are standalone reports. They should make complete sense without reference to any outside source (except the article itself).

+ Executive summaries do not contain quotations, references, or examples. They merely present the key concepts of the argument made in the original source.

* Executive summaries are flawless. They impress by presenting no visual/conceptual barriers in the document.