Management Information System

MBA/BBA/B.com /B.Tech /UGC Net

By
Dr. Anand Vyas
9 Zani's Information Framework
• W.S. Zani’s framework (Harward Business Review) draws upon the
earlier two frameworks. He argues that effective MIS can only be
designed in a top down fashion, viewing the organisation’s
information needs from the vantage point of managers who will use it
rather than in a ‘bottom up’ manner which automates existing clinical
procedures. According to Zani, the important determinants of MIS
design are: • Opportunities and risks • Company strategy • Company
structure • Management and decision-making processes • Available
technology • Available information sources
• According to Zani, the important determinants of MIS design are:
• • Opportunities and risks
• • Company strategy
• • Company structure
• • Management and decision-making processes
• • Available technology
• • Available information sources
• Zani advocates participative process of MIS design where top
management and functional managers help in understanding critical
areas of operations, identification of specific information
requirements. To fulfil this role properly, managers must be aware of
the major sources of information, of alternative methods of supplying
data, and of the impact of the major changes of information
technology. The major contribution to information systems in these
areas, of course, must come from the information and data-
processing specialists.
• According to Zani, the important determinants of MIS design are:

• 1) Opportunities and risks

• 2) Company strategy
• 3) Company structure
• 4) Management and decision-making process
• 5) Available technology
• 6) Available information sources.

• in designing an MIS there are two types of situations one may come
across. If the organization has no experience of computing
applications, which will create the maximum impact on the
organization, it can be identified by using Zani’s framework.