Here are several situations calling for decisions about output content, output methodology, distribution, and so on. For each situation, note the appropriate output decision.
a. A large, well-regarded supplier of key raw materials to your company’s production process requires a year-end summary report of totals purchased from it.
b. Internal brainstorming memos are circulated through the staff regarding plans for a company picnic and fund-raiser.
c. A summary report of the company’s financial situation is needed by a key decision maker, who will use it when presenting a proposal to potential external backers.
d. A listing of the current night’s hotel room reservations is needed for front desk personnel.
e. A listing of the current night’s hotel room reservations is needed by the local police.
f. A real-time count of people passing through the gates of Wallaby World (an Australian theme park) will be used by parking lot patrols.
g. An inventory system must register an item each time it has been scanned by a wand.
h. A summary report of merit pay increases allotted to each of 120 employees will be used by 22 supervisors during a joint supervisors’ meeting, and subsequently when explaining merit pay increases to the supervisors’ own departmental employees.
i. Competitive information is needed by three strategic planners in the organization, but it is industrially sensitive if widely distributed.
j. A casual style of conversation is needed to inform customers about powerful but seldom used features of a product.
k. A historic district of a city wants to let visitors know about historical buildings and events.
l. Storm warnings must be delivered to subscribers in a large geographical area.