Guidelines for Selecting Divisions

Australasian Reporting Awards

Guidelines for Selecting Divisions

In the General Awards, reports are judged in divisions using relevant industry or activity criteria.

Using the guidelines below, entrants are asked to self-select the division in which their report will be assessed.

Many entrants will see their report fitting into only one division but some may see their report possibly fitting more than one division. Such entrants should select the division that best fits their main purpose or activity.

For example, a lottery service could select say Division 5 or 7; a diversified manufacturing, retail and mining group might select say Division 7 or 8; and a retirement accommodation service might select say Division 2, 4, 5 or 10 depending on the focus of the organisation.

Division Division Guidelines

Division 1

Financial Services

 Organisations largely dealing or assisting with money – APRA regulated bodies such as banks and other deposit taking and lending organisations, general insurance, life insurance and friendly societies, superannuation providers and non-regulated bodies broadly covered by APRA; investing services like brokers.

Division 2

Community and Welfare, including Charitable Organisations

 Not-for-profit organisations with a community benefit focus – associations for a cause, professional purpose or particular group, traditional welfare and community enhancement charities and charitable funds, health promotion charities or charitable institutions that are more advocates and educators than deliverers of services.

Division 3

Local Government

 Broadly government sector organisations responsible for a region, or a particular service or function within a region, characterised by having a governing body elected or appointed through a political process – local councils, land councils, water catchment authorities and the like.

Division 4

Health and Medical Research

Health - Organisations that deliver patient-centred health services or are involved in the logistics of service delivery, be they government sector, not-for-profit sector or for-profit sector – hospitals, specialist clinics and services, service provider professional associations and the like.

Research - Organisations that predominantly conduct or facilitate medical research.

Division 5

Travel including Tourism; Media including the Arts; Entertainment including Sport; and Accommodation.

Travel - Organisations involved in the actual physical movement of persons – air, rail, sea, bus and other such services be they for work or leisure.

(Mass transit services should assess whether Division 10 is a more appropriate division.)

Tourism - Organisations involved in organising and promoting tourism and providing tourism services be they government, industry or for-profit promotion agencies, tourist operators, venues and the like.

Media - Organisations predominantly producing media output or operating media services be they government-owned, community or for-profit services – such as traditional print, radio and TV, and emerging web-based and wireless services and the like; production houses and agencies that produce output used by the media.

Arts - Organisations producing, facilitating or delivering artistic output, generally visual or aural be it tangible or ephemeral – music, works of art, concert halls, galleries and such.

Entertainment - Organisations producing, facilitating or delivering leisure output not generally classified as art – clubs, casinos, drama organisations and such.

Sport - Organisations pursuing sporting activity predominantly for competition – major sporting codes, football, tennis, cricket, netball, racing etc.

Accommodation - Organisations operating accommodation services for persons, be they long-term residents or short-term stayers – such as hostels, hotels and renting agencies.

Division 6

Legal, Regulatory and Administrative Organisations

 Largely government sector but with community and for-profit entities – law firms, judicial services, professional associations or agencies established to regulate various activities either under legislation or self regulation, auditing services; government departments responsible for funding and controlling others who deliver services or that might provide specific services.

Division 7

Manufacturing and Retail

Manufacturing - Organisations that under their own control, manufacture or assemble or arrange the manufacture of physical objects like vehicles or soft drinks or discrete service units like software packages.

Retail - Organisations that sell objects or services, usually produced by manufacturers, to end-users via traditional retail outlets or online.

Division 8

Minerals and Petroleum, including Exploration; Water and Energy

Minerals - Organisations extracting resources like bauxite, coal and iron ore.

Petroleum - Organisations extracting and processing oil and gas.

Exploration - Organisations involved in the search for minerals and petroleum either to develop themselves or for others to develop.

Water - Organisations involved in the physical supply of water to end-users.

Energy - Organisations involved in the production or supply of electrical power from any source to end-users.

Division 9

Education, Agriculture and Miscellaneous Services

Education - Government, not-for-profit and for-profit services for any level of schooling, academic or vocational education or training.

Agriculture - Organisations involved in the production and supply of plant and animal products essentially in an unchanged form – fibres, fish, fruit, grains, horticultural products, meats, nuts, vegetables, etc.

Miscellaneous Services - Services that don’t readily fit into any other category such as some research services, trade unions and such.

Division 10

Transport, Construction and Property

Transport - Services to facilitate or conduct the mass movement of commuters or the transfer of goods or items – such as bulk handling services, ports, trucking and shipping services, courier and postal services and such.

Construction - Organisations involved in building and civil construction including designing, project managing and constructing projects from dwellings to major public works – architectural firms, engineering firms, surveying services, construction companies and services and the like.

Property - Organisations involved in owning, developing or managing property for use by others or in the sale of property – such as property trusts, building owners, property developers, real estate agents and the like.