Documentation is a record.information in accordance with the rules, that is, the procedure for processing documents in a special order. Since the process of recording data can be carried out by various means, the documents in the practice of management can be found very different - handwritten, graphic, typographical, photo and video materials.
Documentation of management activities is a regulated procedure, which gives it a guarantee of legal force - quality, which is in the statement of current legislation.
Management activity usually uses text documents written by hand or created on a computer. Therefore, they received the name of management documentation.
Documentation may vary in their functions.purpose, content, degree of secrecy and availability of information. Addressing factors allow to classify it into inter-organizational and external. The first, which does not go beyond the framework of one institution or organization, and is maintained between its participants, is called an official. The second - external documentation - is carried out between organizations of various types, individual officials who are not directly subordinate to each other.
Technical documentation is done withobservance of established norms, which are for any type of documents. For any management activity, this is especially important, because this documentation acquires legal force, which serves as the truest proof of the authenticity of the information contained in it.
Documents vary in degree of authenticity.Drafts or copies of the main documentation contain only certain text, and do not contain such legal force as originals. Genuine is considered to be the document that contains information and the above details, confirming its strength and authenticity.