Nikita Management Information System

(MIS) (BBA I)
An appropriate information processing
to meet the data technology required
of the MIS is
processing and analysis needs of the users
selected.
The MIS is oriented, defined and
designed in terms of the
user's requirements and its operational viability is ensured.
The MiS IS kept under continuous surveillance, so that its
open system design is modified according to the changin9
information needs.
MIS focuses on the results and goals, and highlights the
factors and reasons for non achievement.
.MIS is not allowed to end up into an information generation
the
mill avoiding the noise in the information and
communication system.
a human being and
The MIS recognizes that a manager is
all the human
therefore, the systems must consider

behavioural factors in the process

of the management.
for
different information needs
The MIS recognizes that the of
with. The globalization
different objectives must
be met
leads
the different objectives
information isolation from
in
information and its non use.
to too much therefore, the design
of
to operate and,
. T h e MIS is easy which make up a user-friendly
features
the MIS has such
obsolete
design information needs become
that the
MIS recognizes therefore, has a
The MIS design,
needs emerge. needs of
and new meet new
capability to quickly
basic potential
information. information

concentrates on developing the

. T h e MIS success factors. It concentrates

critical
support to manager serving the needs of
mission critical applications
on the
the top management.
Failures:
actors Contributing to failures. The common factors which
a times
MIS is a
Many listed as follow
responsible for this are
are as an
conceived as a data processing and not
T h e MIS is
information processing system.
information which is
needed=
not provide that
The MIS does the information
but it tends to provide
by the managers becomes an
function calles for. The MIS then
generally the
imnarsenal system.
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Under estimating the complexity in the business systems

and recognizing it in the MIS design leads to problems in
the successful implementation.
Adequate attention is not given to the quality control aspects
of the inputs, the
process and the outputs leading t
insufficient checks and controls in the MIS
Ihe MiS is developed without
.
streamlining the transaction
processing systems in the organization.
Lack of training and appreciation that the users of
the
information and the generators of the data are different, and
they have to play an important responsible role in the MIS.
The MIS does not meet certain critical and
key factors of jts
users such as a
response to the query on the database, an
inability to get the processing done in a particular
lack of user-friendly manner,
system and the dependence on the
system personnel.
.A belief that the
computerized MIS can solve all the
management problems of planning and control of
business. the
.Lack of administrative
standardized system and discipline in
following the
deviating from the system procedures, wrong coding and
and incorrect information. specifications result in incomplete
The MIS does not
in the organization.give perfect information to all the users