Simple Formula

Introduction

Definition of Executive Summaries

Types of Summaries

Process for Writing Executive Summaries

Questions to Ask Yourself

Concise Statement of your Findings

Writing Recommendations

Simple Formula

More Complex Recommendations

Justification

Example Executive Summaries

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Simple Formula

Executive summaries frequently make use of transitional phrases to encapsulate the preceding information in the same sentence as the recommendation. The format can almost be envisioned as a formula:

[transitional word] + [concise statement of information provided in summary], I recommend that [corporation, office, person in question] do [recommendations].