Written Report Guidelines

Course Name: Management Support Systems

Course Code: MIS415

Course Lecturer: Dr. Asim Alwabel

Instructions:

1- The report should reflect on the student(s) personality and

professionalism. Therefore, the report should be written
professionally representing the student(s) academic writing
skills. For example, the report can be used to demonstrate the
student(s)’s writing/analysis/discussion skills during
interviews of job vacancies. Thus, the student(s) should
seriously take this writing opportunity to represent his/their
academic skills.

2- The student(s) should write the report electronically using

word processors (such as Microsoft Word) and then save the
report in PDF format before submitting the report on the
course’s webpage on Blackboard.

3- The report should include 5 mandatory sections and a single

optional section following the instructions in number 4-A
(below). Every section should be written on a separate
page.

4- The report is evaluated (out of 15 scores) depending on the

compliance and completeness of the following sections:

a. The first section (mandatory) includes a title page in

which the student should write the report title, the
 student(s) names, his/their students IDs, the lecturer’s
name, the course name, the course code, and the date
when the report is submitted. Each of these should be
place in a separate line, in the mentioned order, and
aligned to the center of the page except for the date
which should be aligned to right of the page. Except for
the date which should be written in 16 points bolded font
size following Gregorian calendar, all other texts on the
first page should be written in 20 bolded font size.
b. The second section (mandatory) includes the Abstract
section in which the student(s) should write a summary
describing the entire report about which he/they is/are
writing. In this section the student(s) must explain what
he/they write in each section and what experience that
the student(s) have reached while researching the
chosen topic. The word “Abstract” should be placed at
the top of this page, aligned to the left of the page, and
written in 20 points bolded font size. Text should be
written in 14 points bolded font size and the lines spacing
should not be less than or more than 1.5.
c. The third section (mandatory) includes the report body in
which the student(s) should write details of the topic
he/they has/have chosen. This section should not be
less than 2 pages and should not exceed 10 pages. The
texts should be written in 14 points bolded font size and
the lines spacing should not be less than or more than
1.5.
d. The fourth section (mandatory) includes the conclusion
in which the student(s) should explain the importance of
the topic he/they has/have chosen and the finding(s) that
the student(s) have reached after reading about the
topic. The word “Conclusion” should be placed at the
top of this page, aligned to the left of the page, and
written in 20 points bolded font size. Text should be
 written in 14 points bolded font size and the lines spacing
should not be less than or more than 1.5.
e. The fifth section (mandatory) is references in which the
student(s) should list the number of references he/they
use/cite to write the information on body section of the
report. The word “References” should be placed at the
top of this page, aligned to the left of the page, and
written in 20 points bolded font size. The references
should be listed one by one and written in 10 points font
size (not bolded) and the lines spacing should not be less
than or more than 1.5.
f. The sixth (optional) section is for the appendixes in which
the student(s) should list all the figures, tables, or images
relevant to the information mentioned in the body
section. The word “Appendix” should be placed at the
top of this page, aligned to the left of the page, and
written in 20 points bolded font size. There are no rules
governing the font size or the line spacing in this section.

End of instructions

All the best

Dr. Asim Alwabel