Do you find it
difficult to answer these questions? No worries… Answer a simple one! If your
friend and you, both like Continental Cuisine, can we consider both of you to
be twins? The answer is NO. Same is the case between ABSTRACT and EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
They are definitely
not the same except for the fact that:
1) Both are
excluded of the main word count of the coursework
2) Both are written
once you are done with the work but pasted before introduction (in a separate
page).
Let us now go
through the differences:
1) An abstract is
usually of 400 words whereas an executive summary can be within 200-250 words
2) Note that most
of the research papers and articles are prefaced by a suitable abstract whereas
business reports or case study oriented coursework are usually prefaced by an
executive summary
3) An abstract
gives an overview of the whole text whereas executive summary is the text about
the text. REMEMBER: Executive summary is different from Introduction because
introduction just introduces the topic and leads to the main body of the
work/text.
4) Abstract is a
gist of the entire work, encompasses the subject material of the research paper
in a complete nutshell whereas executive summary is just a concise outline of
the primary points in the report. No fine details should be provided in an
executive summary. It has to be just a commentary of main headings and sub
headings based on the identified issue.
5) Abstract is an
orientation whereas executive summary is condensed version.
6) For an abstract,
each sentence should have new information from every section of the research
article, in the same order.Tentatively each sentences provides new information
so that within half to one page the concise summary is presented. However, in
case of executive summary, you just give that much information that helps the
investors realize whether the company has potential without even reading the
entire report.
7) Although the
abstract of different research papers are a bit different, thereby depending on
the topic but they do follow the same writing criteria such as Background, Aim,
Research Methods, Primary Finding and Result and Conclusion. Nonetheless,
executive summaries tend to differ as per the different business models used in
different companies.
8) In an abstract
you do not mention the suggested recommendation whilst in an executive summary
you must mention the recommendation.
9) Hey hope you are
clear now with the difference between abstract an executive summary. Wait!!! Is
there anybody whose head is still spinning? Here is a better remedy for you…
Simply explaining, an abstract gives you an idea of
what is there in the research paper in a brief form whereas an executive
summary simply summarises the ways by which, the execution of the entire report
is done.
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