MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND CORPORATE ORGANIZATION, A RESEARCH PROJECT TOPIC ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1Â Â Â Â Background to the Study
Management Information Systems are the instrumentation of an organization. Their interfaces to the human controllers of business serve as the ‘dials and gauges’ that allow these controllers to ‘read off’ the current state of their organization. They may record and model all or part of the organization’s activities and provide indicators of any actual or predicted change in state. Of most value, they record or predict the rate, direction and timing of such changes.
Information guide decision makers in reaching a valid conclusion and making an informed decision conclusion and making an informed decision regarding every area of their responsibility. Without adequate information, resources will not be located and converted into desirable finished goods aimed at a specific target market for profit. Since no business entity can survive or remain relevant without effective information, business data must be systematically cap0tured, analyzed, quantified, comp-oiled, and shared and made accessible in order to enjoy the maximum value of information. A critical feature of any information system should be the ability to not only access and retrieve data, but also keep the archived information as current as possible (Moga, 2007).
Oladejo (2007) described MIS as a system using formulized procedures based on data from both internal and external sources, to enable decision makers make timely and effective decisions, for planning directing and carrying out the activities for which they have appointed. This connotes that MIS is a system responsible for the collection, processing and communication of define data in order to enhance prompt decision making. Viewing MIS as data processing or a computer based system would amount to a production oriented view of MIS which places more emphasis on production but generation management involvement makes the system distinctly different from data processing.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia identifies that Management information system (MIS) provides information that is needed to manage organizations efficiently and effectively. Management information systems involve three primary resources people, technology, and information or decision making. Management information systems are distinct from other information system in that they are used analyze operational activities in the organization.
