Scope of the Report

The first section in the body of the report is the introduction. It states the purpose and scope of the report and indicates why the design project originally appeared to be feasible or necessary. The relationship of the information presented in the report to other phases of the company s operations can be covered, and the effects of future developments may be worthy of mention. References to previous work can be discussed in the introduction, or a separate section can be presented dealing with literature-survey results and other previous work. 

The scope of the report should reflect the interests and information needs of the intended target audience(s). For example, investors will likely be most interested in a report that covers a company s entire operations and focuses on key financial risk issues. Local residents will likely prefer to see information presented at the facility level, allowing them to consider the performance of their local facility relative to other facilities owned by the company. 

Significant changes in the scope of the reporting organization and if and how historical data have been modified or restated to enable data comparability and... 

Company coverage coverage in the short CER is variable. Safety data is presented for sites worldwide, but the majority of the discussion and presentation of environmental impact data is restricted to the USA and the actual scope of the reporting group is not clearly defined. A yes score has been awarded since these deficiencies are covered in the internet CER. 

In addition, highly networked environments will increase user needs for instantaneous information. Information on demand will be a requirement of all network participants. Users won t be satisfied with paging through static report images they will need to analyze data—within the scope of the reporting system—from multiple perspectives in order to answer critical business questions involving all aspects of the value chain. 

While not limiting the scope of the report, it should in particular cover the following detailed elements ... 

The introduction sets forth the subject, purpose, and scope of the report and its plan of development. It may also contain theoretical or historical background material based on a search of the technical literature. 

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