MANAGEMENT REPORTING SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES (PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF MANAGEMENT REPORTING SYSTEMS)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73T00325R000100120017-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: January 18, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
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MANAGEMENT REPORTING SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES (Principles and Techniques of
Management Reporting Systems)
O U T L I N E
I. OBJECTIVES OF MANAGEMENT REPORTS
A. Management reports can be described as the product of a business
information factory. A key objective of administrative operations
is to produce the best and most useful products at the lowest cost
consistent with management requirements.
II. INFORMATION CLASSIFICATIONS
A. Operating Information
B. Control Information - for Performance Evaluation
C. Decision-Making Information - to Permit Analysis and Selection of
Potential Courses of Action
D. Reference and Documentation Information - for Training, Stimulation,
Historical Purposes, Etc.
III. KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN REPORTING SYSTEMS DESIGN
A. Parameters of Particular Job to Be Done
B. Information Requirement Needed to Do the Job
C. Data and Conversion Techniques for Supplying This Information
D. Varying Detail - Information Requirements for Management Levels
E. Reporting Frequency for Stable vs. Variable Operations
IV. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND DATA FLOW
V. FEEDBACK CONTROL, REDUNDANCY AND EXCEPTION REPORTING
A. Feedback Control Systems
B. The Nature of Exception Reporting
C. Determination of Control Limits for Exception Reporting - Statistical
Data Analysis
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VI. TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
A. Presentation Methods
B. Simplified Writing and Communication Techniques
C. Statistics and Numerical.Data Presentations
D. Oral Presentations
E. Charts and Graphics
VII. REPORTS CONTROL, CODING AND NUMBERING
A. For Identification and Control
B. Centralized vs. Decentralized Control
C. Elimination and Consolidation of Reports
D. Reports Distribution and Controls
E. Reducing Reporting Costs
VIII. TRAINING MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION IN INFORMATION HANDLING
IX. DISCUSSION OF REGISTRANTS' EXPERIENCES, PROBLEMS AND PLANS
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PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF MANAGEMENT REPORTING SYSTEMS
INFORMATION CLASSIFICATIONS
A. Types of classifications
B. The unity of all information
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B. Current operational information
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III. Classifications Based on Use
IV. Classifications Based on Origin
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D. Production and product line, information
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