Organizations capture and process data for a variety of reasons. Accounting data are used to measure the financial health and vitality of the enterprise: It is useful to internal corporate management in keeping track of how the firm is performing; it is useful to people outside the firm, such as investors interested in the firm's stock and bankers to whom the firm has applied for a loan. Rec…
The main purpose of an EMIS is to integrate information related to the management of educational activities, and to make it available in comprehensive yet succinct ways to a variety of users. These include teachers, principals, curriculum planners, inspectorate officials, financial controllers, planners, policy advisers and political leaders, as well as parents and students. In this way, the…
Management Information System (MIS) provides information for the managerial activities in an organization. The main purpose of this research is, MIS provides accurate and timely information necessary to facilitate the decision-making process and enable the organizations planning, control, and operational functions to be carried out effectively. Management Information System (MIS) is basicall…
Quality health information is essential for effective health planning, management and policy development at all levels of health care systems and in all contexts. Furthermore, quality assessment of health services is unattainable if the information used is of good quality. Paradoxically, establishment of effective health management information systems is a recent development in Nigeria. Th…
This paper highlights relevant curriculum issues that were identified in a Management Information Systems (MIS) program review undertaken by a group of business faculty in a small regional university. The program review was initiated to improve job marketability of graduates and student enrollment. The review process is described as a collective effort in continuous improvement in program p…
The role of Management information system (MIS) in business environment has evolved over time to become an integral part of its business operations in Nigeria. The use of information systems (ISs) has increased in the last 10 years not only by firms, but also by individuals and even governments. The use of ISs was encouraged by the technological breakthroughs; the advancements in telecommunicat…
This comprehensive overview to information systems management is an enhanced version of an original title regularly updated since its original format more than ten years ago. Its expanded format successfully guides the student reader through a basic introduction to aspects of information technology both within systems and as systems in their own right. Using case-driven analyses in order to exp…
The present interest of this paper consists in the powerful impact that IT&C technologies have upon the development of the last 20 years of the Romanian organizations as well as upon the daily life of each individual in the special condition of the Romanian economy and especially Romanian society as a whole. The motivation of the approach is supported by the fact that IT&C industry has had an e…
This study aimed to identify the impact of management information systems (MIS) on the performance of governmental organizations, Jordanian Ministry of Planning – case study, a sample consisted of 77 employees in the ministry, the study found: there is no impact of hardware and software equipment on the performance of governmental organizations, there is a significant impact of networks, i…
Landholders, departmental agencies and other stakeholders have long been involved in knowledge building of the physical elements affecting land use. Often, however, this has been without any accompanying information on social and economic impacts, or systems for exploring catchment trade-off decisions. RIMIS is the concept of a regional management system designed for landscape managers. It h…
This article covers MIS Management Information Systems. Since MIS is combination of three phenomena, systems, management, and information, firstit checks these factors. Due to the significant impact of Informational Systems on MIS, Another topic of this article would be about Components of MIS management information systems that will be discussed in general later. Decision support systems (DSS)…
As demonstrated by numerous research studies, a major number of information system development and implementation projects tend to end in failure. As an inevitable factor of contemporary business operations, changes make a strong impact on the success of a project. As changes are inevitable, it is essential to identify them in advance, if possible, and manage them in an appropriate manner. …
In today’s business world, there are varieties of information systems such as TPS, DAS, KWS, MIS, DSS, ES, CSCWS, GDSS and ESS. Each plays a different role in organizational hierarchy and decision making process. In this article the authors have selected two main information systems, namely, MIS and DSS. After discussing the decision making process based on each concept, its characteristic…
Supply chain management is applied by companies across the globe due to its demonstrated results such as delivery time reduction, improved financial performance, greater customer satisfaction, building trust among suppliers, and others. According to D’Amours, Ronnqvist, and Weintraub (2008), companies resort to supply chain practices to improve their performance. Thus, it is important to …
During the past decade, the phrase "management information systems" or the acronym "MIS" has become increasingly popular for discussions of information processing support for management activities. Primary developments in the field of MIS have been paced by advances in computer system technology. The rationale and economic utilization of this technology within management organizations has…
The purpose of any Information System is to help an Organisation manage its business better. For instance, an Inventory Management System would assist the organisation in keeping track of stocks and optimising stock levels. An HR Information system would help in managing the key Human Resources of the organisation, and so on. With ever increasing complexities of business as well as manageme…
The idea of this paper is to introduce the great support of information systems to the management activities of a corporation. Information system as a combination of information technology and people’s actions that support operations, management and decision making, involves four major types of systems: Transaction Management System, Management Information System, Decision-Support System …
This article presents the purchase management information system, finance management information system and security information system, their interdependence and tight correlation. Furthermore, we state the goals of the purchase management information system that must be achieved in any organisation, as the purchase (sub)process is carried out in every organisation. P-K matrix gives a deta…
A Management Information System is an integrated user-machine system, for providing information, to support the operations, management, analysis & decision-making functions in an organization
Globalization and decentralization have given impact to all systems including the situation for qualified decision making at Higher Education (HE) Institution, therefore data or information from management information system (MIS) that run well is required. For this purpose, there are several things required: 1) MIS that adaptive, dynamic, integrative, comprehensive and strategic in supporting…
During our work as supervisors in Faculty of Computers and Information Sciences in Mansoura University, Egypt, we were really frustrated with the number of graduation projects entitled or include “E-Learning” leading to the spread of a type of E-Learning graduation projects that focuses on the managerial aspects of the “University”, and abstracting the learning process in the uploadi…
CARE is a rich organization in information resources, our program activities produce every day a wealth of information on every aspect of our work. We are by essence an organization that creates vast amounts of data, information and knowledge. We are an organization rich in methodologies, practices, implementation strategies, work methods and experiences. But at the same time we are a poo…
EMIS design in Ghana is an example of best practice for decentralised planning and budgeting, supporting reforms at various levels but challenges remain for successful implementation, notably in commitment, capacity development and dissemination. EMIS plays an important role in policy formulation, operational planning and subsequent monitoring of targets through periodic review although sta…
In present era of information technology where information is not considered as base for competitive advantage but it is considered as competitive necessity, role of information in decision making become more vital. In this article author discuss about the introduction, nature and types of information in organizations. How information requirements in organizations could be determined analy…
This paper describes primarily the advantages abound in the introduction of Management Information Systems (MIS) into the hospital library information service delivery. The ‘tool’ if adopted will in no small measure aid the achievement of effective and efficient information management in the hospital under review. Using health systems research methodology, it was found that there is the nee…
The concept of the MIS has evolved over a period of time comprising many different facets of the organizational function. MIS is a necessity of all the organizations. The initial concept of MIS was to process data from the organization and present it in the for of reports at regular intervals. The system was largely capable of handling the data from collection to processing. It was more imp…
Management Information System is an old management tool, which has been long used by people for better management and scientific decision-making. Management Information System is mainly dependent upon information, which is a vital ingredient of any Management Information System. Information is the most critical resource of Management Information System. We all know that information is a vit…