Document management: Document management and its relevance to the decision-making process

The theme of this bibliographical review is Document Management and its subtitle is: Document management and its relevance to the decision-making process. Its main objective is to present the document management system in accordance with Brazilian legislation, highlighting the importance of document management even in the face of technological innovations. The work is developed from a brief historical account of the concepts and emergence of the archive, current legislation, document management and archival information aimed at document management and the decision-making process. The principles of classification, their foundations and applied standards, types of archives and documents used were also highlighted. It also addresses the evaluation and temporality of both public and private documents. Pointing out the production of contemporary archival thinking and the new challenges in relation to the management of electronic documents.