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LECTURER: SUE TURNER
Does your internal management reporting pack grow every year?
Have you ever thought who looks at all the data?
Have you ever thought if the information supports effective decision-making?
Most management reporting packs are prepared in exactly the same format as last month and last year. They grow year on year as incremental pieces of information are requested and added.
It is time to stop and challenge the reporting pack; consider who is the information for, what decisions will be made based on the information, is there a business case for providing the information and what is the best way to display it.
This course looks at how to create relevant, effective management information. Initially the programme looks at the purpose of management information and then suggests an approach to ensure your management pack is relevant to decision making. It then considers the practical problems of changing the management reporting pack within the organisation and how to overcome them. Time is taken to practice effective written commentary, whilst the final session reviews the display of graphical and financial data and shows how financial data can have meaning even to those with a fear of numbers.
PROGRAMME
INTRODUCTION
- What is management information and what is it for
CREATING EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
- 6 step approach to create practical, relevant management information
- Changing management information in the workplace
WRITTEN COMMENTARY
- What makes written commentary powerful
- Practice session
VISUAL DISPLAY OF FINANCIAL DATA
- Making numbers speak
- What makes an effective table
- What makes an effective graph
Scheduled Course Date
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