The document outlines 9 rules for reducing and manipulating block diagrams:
1) Summing points can be rearranged if there are no intermediate blocks or take-off points between them.
2) Blocks in series have their transfer functions multiplied.
3) Blocks in parallel have their transfer functions added algebraically.
4) When shifting a summing point behind a block, a block with the reciprocal transfer function is added.
5) When shifting a summing point beyond a block, signals are multiplied by that block's transfer function.