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Title / Develop, provide, and report information for management decision making
Level / 5 / Credits / 5
Purpose / This unit standard is for people who have or seek responsibility for gathering, researching, and reporting information required for managerial decision making.
People credited with this standard are able to develop and determine information required to assist in managerial decision making, and provide and report on information required for managerial decision making.
Classification / Management > Management - Organisational Direction and Strategy
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1This unit standard does not include determining the total information needs of an entire organisation. It involves contributing information towards managerial decision making from the perspective of the role holder’s area of responsibility.
2Area of responsibility includes one or more work groups, functional areas, or responsibility centres for which the role holder is accountable.
3This unit standard will be assessed on the basis of evidence of demonstrated performance in the workplace or in simulated work situations designed to draw upon similar performance to that required in work. In practice this will call for a variety of modes of assessment and forms of evidence. Evidence is required to show consistency of performance across a range of situations and to demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and skill in the principles and practices directly relating to the competent performance of outcomes and evidence requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Develop and determine information required to assist in managerial decision making.
Evidence requirements
1.1Information requirements are identified according to specification, job instructions, or in consultation with end-users.
1.2A variety of information sources are accessed and reviewed for usefulness, reliability, and cost, and where judged inadequate, alternative sources are sought.
1.3Channels and sources of information are developed and used effectively to maximise value to the organisation.
1.4Citation, referencing, and recording of information ensures currency, sufficiency and depth of research to support decision making.
1.5Information gathered is evaluated for validity, reliability, sufficiency, timeliness, authority, and implications for decision or action.
1.6Information is recorded to the required level of accuracy and detail for its significance and use, and stored for ready access and retrieval.
1.7Methods used to record and store information meet requirements for data protection, confidentiality, security, and efficiency.
Outcome 2
Provide and report on information required for managerial decision making.
Evidence requirements
2.1Information is organised and presented logically and critically and in sufficient detail and form to facilitate decision making by others.
2.2Information used in reports is identified by source and date, and any assumptions or limitations relating to the data are made explicit.
2.3Reports drawn from information gathered or accessed are based on critical analysis and interpretation, with conclusions and recommendations justified by reasoned argument and cogent evidence.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 31 August 1996 / 31 December 2010
Revision / 2 / 7 September 1999 / 31 December 2010
Review / 3 / 26 November 2007 / 31 December 2018
Reinstatement / 4 / 18 September 2014 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0113
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
NZQA National Qualifications ServicesSSB Code 130301 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018