ROLE OF MIS

What is MIS ?

An ‘ MIS ' is a planned system

of collecting , processing ,
storing and disseminating data
in the form of information
needed to carry out the
functions of management .
 Role of MIS
• Role of MIS in business is to identfy the
information needs of management and
prepare a system to satisfy those
needs successfully.
• The main function of MIS is to gather
,sort analyze and use the information
for better decision making
 Determination of
information need

Data gathering Evaluation

& Indexing
Processing abstraction

dissemination storage

Information use
• MiIS satisfies the information needs of all
levels of management ie top middle and
operation level as well as the information
needs of individual , group and organization
• It helps the clerical personnel in the
transaction processing and answer queries
on the data pertaining to the transaction
,the status of particular record and
reference on variety of documents
• It helps the junior management
personnel by providing the
operational data for planning,
scheduling and controlling

And helps them further in

decision-making at the operations
level to correct an out of control
situation
• The MIS helps the middle management
in short term planning, target setting
and controlling the business functions.

• The MIS helps the top management in

goal setting, strategic planning and
evolving the business plans and their
implementation
• The MIS satisfies the diverse needs
through a variety of systems such as
query system, analysis system, modeling
systems and decision support system
• The MIS helps strategic planning,
management control, operational control
and transaction processing
• MIS plays a very important role in creating
organization behavior which in turn sets
the goals for achievement