Creating an organisational structure for your report.

To allow your reader to more easily find aspects of your report which are relevant or of interest to them, an organisational structure is vital. Your layout, headings and numbering system act like signposts or street signs: they allow the text to be skim read. Remember that this is not a novel or an essay which will be necessarily read from beginning to end. It may be read piecemeal or in parts so make it easy for your reader. Otherwise they may find it all too hard and not bother and then you have wasted your time and effort. Here's an example of an organisational structure of a report on products and services of a retail computer store. Note that each section and sub section are numbered to show their relationship.