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Management Information Systems
In order to make decisions, managers need the
right information to serve a wider range of needs.

A systems approach to managing this demand
can be met through management information
systems (MIS).

It has been said that MIS are what the nervous
system is to the human body.
Definitions of MIS
We live in an information age

The original definitions of information were associated
withknow l edge.
Now, instead of thinking about the information itself,
knowing that we have got so much of it, we have to
become much more aware of what we are going to do

with it.

As the organisation grows, the management function is
performed by people who are more specialised and may
be removed from day-to-day activities. It is usually at
this time that management information systems (MIS)
are required.

Definitions of MIS - history
The emergence of MIS goes back to the 1950s.

The first electronic computer developed for business purposes in 1951 must have posed many interesting questions as to what to do with it.

In fact, early business applications centred on
routine clerical and accounting operations such as
payroll and billing.

These were mainly transaction applications,
named simply because they involved processing
accounting transactions.

The machines were prone to failure, difficult to
operate and painstakingly slow
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