AGL Energy Limited Company Paper

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AGL Energy Limited Company
A good report has to have visual diagrams that are easy for the readers to comprehend or
retrieve information from. The report needs to create an appeal to the reader motivating him or
her to continue analyzing the information presented without getting lost or confused. The bulk of
report is normally made up of table, charts, and graphs. It is therefore, the responsibility of the
report writer, editor, and publishing authority to ensure that these items are made as simple as
possible to understand. Ambiguous and hard to comprehend visual diagrams normally cause the
reader to become disinterested with content of the report. Reports are primarily created with the
aim of providing information to interest parties regarding the overall standing of the company;
overall performance, profitability, solvency, and other areas of concern for shareholders.
Therefore, an easy to understand report that is accompanied by comprehendible visuals is likely
to do very well with readers. And a well-received report is ten times more likely to open doors to
new investors compared to a poorly read financial report. Most companies due to the numerous
nature of business transactions and the extended duration between the start and end of a financial
year are normally motivated to produce interim reports to keep the public interested in their
services or products. Moreover, interim reports are seen as passive means of attracting investors
within the financial year. Lastly, interim reports are used to better the organization’s
performance in a given year by creating a benchmark using the first half of 2018 to effectively
increase production and better the figures observed in the latter half of the year. Hence, Interim
reports can be used to monitor performance (Vesey, 2018).
We will be looking at the charts, tables, and graphs presented in AGL Energy Limited
Company’s interim report provided on the 8th of February 2018. AGL Energy Company is
among the ASX200 listed Australian organizations, it specializes in the generation and

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distribution of electricity and gas for both home and commercial utility. This report was
approved and released by Andy Vesey the managing director and CEO of AGL Energy. The
charts will be discussed with regard to the image number they appear on in the report.
Image 4; graph one compares the frequency of injuries per one million hours worked by
employees and contractors. The graph is quite informative and comprehensive it indicates the
trend in injuries from one financial year to the next and highlights which group realized the most
casualties. The graph is well labeled and clearly delivers the required information; as such, it is a
good graph (Vesey, 2018).
Image 4; graph two relates to the number of women occupying senior positions in the
company management. Like the first graph is also is well labeled and data points are indicated
depicting the actual number of women in senior position from financial year 2014-2017 and the
first half of 2018. The trend from the graph informs the reader that the number of women in
senior positions in gradually increasing from one day to the next. Hence, this is also a quality
graphical representation of company records.

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Image 5; The overall chart is a combination of two visual diagrams a word chart and a
number chart, both of which emphasis the position of the company with regards to how they are
doing financial within the first half of financial year 2018. The two charts clearly inform the
reader on the set objectives of 2018 for the firm. Moreover, the charts provide data on the
company’s current performance with regard to net profit, return on equity, and shareholder’s
dividends that have been made so far. In addition, the charts indicate the percentage amount that
2018 first half (1H) results have improved from last years’ figures records within the same
period. As such, the charts are also good.