What information do you need?

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B. Think of appropriate titles for the paragraphs.

A. Make an outline of the text.

TEXT 3

Answer the questions.

Read the definitions and find corresponding words or expressions.

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1. a finite part of a statistical population whose properties are studied to gain information about the whole
2. a large indefinite number
3. wrongly conceived
4. to give exact information on or to cite in illustration
5. the result of an investigation

3. Choose the most appropriate title for the text:

a) Why are management decisions not so good?

b) How good are management decisions?

c) Management could make better decisions.

1. Why is the process of decision making extremely stressful?
2. Do you suppose that the situation with decision making has changed significantly since the year the survey was carried out? Why? \ Why not?
3. Why, in your opinion, a great number of managers do not pay enough attention to relevant data?

1.

Without a good flow of information, most organisations would not find it possible to function, and all organisations will have information systems of some kind even if they are relatively informal. Information systems have evolved radically in recent years to mirror changes in organisations and the business context and to take advantage of advancing technologies. This has had an impact on how people use information.

Organisations have become flatter and moved towards fluid, team based structures and project environments. These operate with reporting structures and information systems that look more like a net than a tree. Information systems are focused on getting information to the people who need it rather than passing information up and down the line of management command.

New media (particularly electronic media) have made it possible to communicate information faster and more directly and through many more channels. From e-mail to pagers and mobile phones, PDA's, wikis and Intranets, the options to present information through different channels and formats is now immense.

With the explosion of electronic information, information has become more readily available and far exceeds that which most organisations or its people can handle. Instead of information being pushed to the users, the new rule is to expect the users to pull information from the system when they need it. The impact, as a manager, is that you need to manage information flows proactively, rather than rely on the systems. You need to know what information you and your team need and how to get it, and you need to know what information other people need from you and be able to provide it. This means regularly assessing information flows into and out of your team.