Informational reports present objective facts without explaining them.
If you would like to know about the structure of a company, such as the number of employees, the departments they work in and what role each employee plays in the organization, then an informational report is required.
The information report typically represents a building block that goes into creating the other, more complex types of reports such as analytical and research reports.
Analytical Reports
Analytical reports are essential when a company needs to make crucial decisions.
In such cases, management needs an analysis of the company's situation.
An analytical report will present relevant data with explanations.
Research Reports
Research reports are the most in-depth types of reports.
They are required when a company for instance wants to start offering a new product or expand into a new geographical area.
A research report involves giving a topic to a team of researchers or specialists and asking them for all the relevant details and statistics from an informational report, followed by a detailed analysis of the situation found in an analytical report.
Research Reports
The research report will include conclusions based on the available data.
Typically, a research report contains recommendations which the managers need in order to make their decisions.
