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Wal-Mart MIS
Wal-mart’s Matrix Organizational Structure:
Each division may contain(s) all or some of these departments: Aviation & Travel, CMI & Benefits, Corporate Affairs, Finance, Independent Doctors of Optometry, Information Systems Division, Legal, Merchandising & Product Development, Operations, Pharmacy, Reality, Replenishment.
CHARACTERISTICS
1. Management oriented: | The system is designed form the top to work downwards. | 2. Management directed: | Management orientation of MIS, it is necessary that management should continuously make reviews. | 3. Integrated: | The word 'integration' means that system has to cover of all the functional areas of an organization so as to produce more meaningful management information. | 4. Common data flow: | Common data flow concept avoids repetition and overlapping in data collection and storage. | 5. Heavy element: | Management information system cannot be established overnight. It takes almost 2 to 4 years to establish it successfully in an organization. |
FUNCTIONS 1. Data processing: | It includes the collection, transmission, storage, processing and output of data. | 2. Function of prediction: | It predicts the future situation by applying modern mathematics, statistics or simulation. | 3. Function of plan: | It arranges reasonably the plans of each functional department. | 4. Function of control: | It monitors and inspects the operation of plans and comprises with the differences between operation and plan. | 5. Function of assistance: | It derives instantly the best answers of related problems by applying to various of mathematics' mode and analyzing a plentiful data stored in computers. |
IT CAREERS:
Wal-Mart has our ISD team in Global Headquarters in Bentonville, AR. The company that's consistently ranked among top places to work in IT and invests $4.7 billion a year in employee