Presenting By,

Mukesh Kumar
Raj Kumari.
 MIS
Management information system, orMIS,
broadly refers to a computer-based system that
provides managers with the tools to organize,
evaluate and efficiently manage departments
within an organization.

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Goals
The primary purpose of a management
information system, or MIS, is to assist

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managers in making strategic, tactical and
operational decisions in an efficient and
productive manner.

It provides managers with essential

information that is gathered from a variety of
sources, pooled into a single database and
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MIS - Development
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The goals of an ideal MIS are to relieve
management from converting data into
information, provide relevant information to
each management level for effective decision-
making and the effective conduct of the job
function, and present information that is
current and readily usable and is available in
an easily understood format. To meet these
goals the MIS would posses the following
attributes.

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It would address the primary needs of the
management function and not the needs of a person.
It would address the underlying problem, not just the
symptoms.
It would present a maximum of information and a
minimum of data.
It would be reliable.
The output would contain sufficient and relevant
information to minimize uncertainly in a format that
can be easily understood and be usable without
further modification.

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Stages of MIS
development
Strategic and projects planning stage.
Conceptual system design stage.
Detailed system design stage.
Implementation, evaluation and maintenance
stage.

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Guidelines for Effective
Design
The user of the information should be included on
the design team.
Cost of money and time of the system should be
taken into account, and match them with the
benefits derived from the system.
Weightage should be given to relevance and
selectivity over sheer quantity.
The system should be tested before it is installed.
Adequate training and documentation should be
provided for the operations and users of the system.

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Information should be disaggregated and
similar decisions should be aggregated.
The actual mechanical methods for
information processing are designed and
controls for the system developed.
The decisions system must be thoroughly
analyzed.

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