MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
ASSIGNMENT
ON
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION
SYSTEM
NAME : NITIKA GOEL
ENROLMENT NO : KOPJul12-14PGMBAHR000956
ASSIGNMENT
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
Question 1:
Managers have always managed information by some method because Information is
Power. In the past, each operational department namely finance, marketing, production, and personnel maintained separate information systems to satisfy its particular needs.
The problem was that each system collected, stored, and retrieved some of the same data. The data of each department were not consistent or compatible with other departments and the systems were costly and the information was inadequate.
The need for a comprehensive information system became evident. The result was the evolution of the concept of management information systems (MIS). MIS can be defined generally as an integrated, structured complex of people, machines, and procedures for supplying relevant data (information) from both external and internal sources to aid managers for planning, staffing, communicating, controlling, and decision making.
Increasingly, the concept has become dependent on a computer based network of collecting processing, storing, transmitting, and supplying outputs to the proper managers at the correct time.
The heart of the integration of information needed in MIS is a data base. A data base is an organized repository of the organizations information resources mainly internal and possibly containing some external data including raw data and procedures. The idea is that the data base consists of most of the data available in the organization and can be accessed by different managers for their varied uses. One manager may access the data base for planning, another manager may need data for controlling, and generally all managers may need to access the data base for decision making.
The rapid technological developments and the availability of varied computer hardware have been accompanied by the improved availability of sophisticated
ON
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION
SYSTEM
NAME : NITIKA GOEL
ENROLMENT NO : KOPJul12-14PGMBAHR000956
ASSIGNMENT
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
Question 1:
Managers have always managed information by some method because Information is
Power. In the past, each operational department namely finance, marketing, production, and personnel maintained separate information systems to satisfy its particular needs.
The problem was that each system collected, stored, and retrieved some of the same data. The data of each department were not consistent or compatible with other departments and the systems were costly and the information was inadequate.
The need for a comprehensive information system became evident. The result was the evolution of the concept of management information systems (MIS). MIS can be defined generally as an integrated, structured complex of people, machines, and procedures for supplying relevant data (information) from both external and internal sources to aid managers for planning, staffing, communicating, controlling, and decision making.
Increasingly, the concept has become dependent on a computer based network of collecting processing, storing, transmitting, and supplying outputs to the proper managers at the correct time.
The heart of the integration of information needed in MIS is a data base. A data base is an organized repository of the organizations information resources mainly internal and possibly containing some external data including raw data and procedures. The idea is that the data base consists of most of the data available in the organization and can be accessed by different managers for their varied uses. One manager may access the data base for planning, another manager may need data for controlling, and generally all managers may need to access the data base for decision making.
The rapid technological developments and the availability of varied computer hardware have been accompanied by the improved availability of sophisticated