Project Proposal

On

Management Information Systems Practices in Bangladesh

A Case Study on
KS Group

Submitted by:

Veronica Finney
ID : 08-2-71-812-081
Email : finney_v3@yahoo.com
Mobile: 01754077299

Commonwealth Executive MBA

Corse Code : REQD 4623

Course Title : Project
Management Information Systems Practices in Bangladesh: A Case
Study on KS Group

Submitted by:

Veronica Finney
ID : 08-2-71-812-081
Email : finney_v3@yahoo.com
Mobile: 01754077299

Supervised By:

Md. Shahidul Islam Fakir

Assistant Professor
Department of Management Studies
Jagannath University
Dhaka.

Approved By:

Mostafa Azad Kamal ATM Tofazzel Hossain

Coordinator Processor and Dean
CEMBA Program School Of Business
Open University Open University
Bangladesh Bangladesh
Introduction and Background of the Study:
Management information system (MIS) is a system that provides information needed to manage
organizations effectively. Management information systems involve three primary resources:
technology, information, and people. It's important to recognize that while all three resources are
key components when studying management information systems, the most important resource is
people. Management information systems are regarded as a subset of the overall internal controls
procedures in a business, which cover the application of people, documents, technologies, and
procedures used by management accountants to solve business problems such as costing a
product, service or a business-wide strategy. Management information systems are distinct from
regular information systems in that they are used to analyze other information systems applied in
operational activities in the organization. Academically, the term is commonly used to refer to the
group of information management methods tied to the automation or support of human decision
making, e.g. Decision Support Systems, Expert systems, and Executive information systems.

There are many types of information management systems in the market that provide a wide
range of benefits for companies.

 Transaction processing systems (TPS) collect and record the routine transactions of an
organization. Examples of such systems are sales order entry, hotel reservations, payroll,
employee record keeping, and shipping.
 Management information systems (MIS) produce fixed, regularly scheduled reports based
on data extracted and summarized from the firm’s underlying transaction processing
systems (TPS) to middle and operational level managers to provide answers to structured
and semi-structured decision problems.

 Decision-support systems (DSS) are computer program applications used by middle

management to compile information from a wide range of sources to solve problems and
make decisions.

 Executive support systems (ESS) is a reporting tool that provides quick access to
summarized reports coming from all company levels and departments such as accounting,
human resources and operations.

In this project, theoretical framework is used to evaluate the management information system
concepts of KS Group.

Since the 1980’s, a new concept of community living and property ownership has evolved in
Bangladesh and this concept has resulted in a new made of property ownership-Apartment-and
Commercial Spaces. This now concept of property ownership has emerged out of a need to cope
with and escalating demand for urban housing, office accommodation, investment options,
security, and cost-benefit. With the dawn of the new millennium, Dhaka is slowly transforming
 into a Mega City and in this process, is facing tremendous population growth, high density of
traffic, and toxic levels of air and noise pollution. As a result, an exodus to areas of low
population density, traffic congestion, air and noise pollution in forthcoming.

Taking this into consideration, KS Group, a Company formed by four Professionals with wide
ranging domestic and international experience and committed to quality and excellence, started
introducing quality apartments and commercial spaces in relatively less crowded areas of the city
of reasonable price.

The ultimate vision of our company is to produce high quality product, gives the clients the best
customer service and become the most profitable as well reliable company in the this industry.
This will be achieved through top quality work and after-sales service (the mission).

Statement of the Problem:

This report will investigate the MIS practices of Bangladeshi organizations generally and MIS
practices of KS group. The problem stated above is that current performance of management
information system is satisfactory but how can done this total service level more satisfactory level
in desired time. The purpose of this thesis is to identify the reasons for such development and to
highlight the theoretical frameworks, which could improve management information system
especially in terms of our whole service level.

Rationale of the Study :

A business organization has a set of goals and objectives to be achieved. Hence, a business
organization should be structured in the most effective way to fully utilize its resources- capital,
human resources, knowledge in products and services, and both external and internal information
to achieve its strategic goals.

Our organization is a business organization so the motive or Justification of the study is to assess
the performance of KS Group present activity of information management system.

Objectives and Scope of the study:

 To know about the understanding of MIS as a field of study and as a field of
business.

 To know about the scenario of MIS practices in Bangladesh.

 Identify the major functions within a functional area (e.g., finance, human resources, marketing,
etc,) with in our own organization.
  To describe the business (enterprise) functions and the major processes and procedures within that
functional area.
 To identify what MIS exist to support these areas.
 To know about the MIS practices from global perspective.
 To investigate the problems/challenges of MIS in Bangladesh.
 To know what strategies could apply for the future.
 To provide recommendations to solve the problems for excellence performance in MIS

Methodology :
Data for this report collected from the following sources:


Primary source
 Secondary source

Primary Data Collection Methods:

 By talking with the employees of the organization.

 Observation method will also be used in this study.

Secondary Data Collection Methods:

 Data collection from the companies’ brochures.

 Going through our companies annual reports, project feasibility and search the net for
analysis. Number of books and articles also has been reviewed to assist in producing this
proposal.

Bibliography
 Broadbent, M, Weill, P, and St. Clair, D (1999) ‘The implications of information
technology infrastructure for business process redesign,’ MIS Quarterly, June 159-82.

 O’Brien, J (1999). Management Information Systems – Managing Information Technology in the

Internetworked Enterprise. Boston: Irwin McGraw-Hill.

 Pant, S., Hsu, C., (1995), Strategic Information Systems Planning: A Review, Information
Resources Management Association International Conference, May 21–24, Atlanta.