1.Principles and elements of MIS
2.The relationship between organizational structure and MIS
3.Information requirements for MIS
4.Different types of MIS
5.The process of developing a MIS
6.Criteria for MIS
7.Strategies for determining MIS design
STEP 1 = MIS- MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
"An integrated user-machine system for providing information to support operations, management and decision making functions in an organization. The system utilizes computerized and manual procedures; models for analysis, planning, control and decision making; and a database."
MIS principal concerns
Facilitate decision making by supplying the information needed in an up-to-date and accurate form
· to the people who need it
· on time
· in a usable form
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STEP 2 = MIS ELEMENTS
Management functions
Planning
Controlling
Decision making
Information system
Management information
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STEP 3 = STEPS IN PLANNING
1. Selecting objectives
2. Identifying activities required to achieve the stipulated objectives
3. Describing the resources or skills, or both, necessary to perform the activities
4. Defining the duration of each activity to be undertaken
5. Determining the sequence of the activities
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STEP 4 = INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS DURING PLANNING
1. Supplying the information needed by the planner at each step
2. Establishing procedures for procuring the information at each step (including the means to view alternatives)
3. Arranging for storage of the approved plans as information for the control process
4. Devising an efficient method for communicating the plans to other members in the organization
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STEP 5 = CONTROLLING