A Mind Tool

 A “System” which facilitates

the management by
providing timely and useful
information which is used in
taking decisions and control
operations at various levels.

But why do
we need
this MIS ?
Why…”IS”
• Most organizations need information to
survive and prosper
• To extend their reach to faraway locations
• Competitive business environment
• To maintain information value chain
• To enhance the management activities like …
planning, controlling and decision making
• For the power growth of supply chain
mangement, enterprise management, customer
management and knowledge management.
Deadly Four
 Globalization
 Transformation of Industrial
economies
 Transformation of the Enterprise
 Emergence of the Digital Firm
Global Economy
 Advanced economies depend on Foreign
Trade ( imports and exports )
 Distribution of work to other locations and
cost effective areas
 Need to be on line 24*7
 Need powerful information and
communication systems
 Need to have anaytical power to conduct
business globally
What’s Industrial Economy ?
 Growth of information and knowledge
economies
 More white than blue
 New product and services
 Shorter product life
 Turbulent environment
 Knowledge : a central strategic asset
 Both designing and production depend on
knowledge
Transformation of Business
Enterprise

 Traditional  New style

 Hierarchial,  Decentralized,
centralized flattened
 Fixed SOP  Information systems
 Formal plans  Informal commitments
 Rigid  Flexible
 Mass production  Consumer specific
Emergence of Digital Firm
 Digitally enabled relationship with customers,
suppliers and employees
 Digital management of key corporate assets
 Rapid sensing and responding to
environmental changes
What is Information System
 A set of interrelated components collect,
process, store and distribute information to
support decision making and control in the
organization.
 Helps managers to analyze problems,
visualize complex subjects and design new
products
What is Information System
 Contains information about significant people,
places and things within the organization or in
the environment surrounding it.
 Process of Conversion data into useful
information for the potential users and the
techniques to deliver it.
Functions of MIS
 Input
 Process
 Output
 Feedback
 Input

The capture or collection of raw data

from within the organization or from its
external environment for processing in
an information system.
 Processing

The conversion manipulation and

analysis of raw data into a form
that is more meaningful to humans
 Output

The distribution of processed information

to the people who will use it or to the
activities for which it will be used.
 Feedback

Output that is returned to the appropiate

members of the organization to help them
evaluate of correct input
 Computer Based
Information System ( CBIS )

Information system that rely on the

computer hardware and software for the
processing and disseminating information.
Is knowledge of
Technology enough for
CBIS ?

Yes……………. Why?
No …………………….Why?
 MIS

Organization Technology

Management
What’s your business here
 Information systems are more than
computers.
 It requires an understanding of the
organization, management and information
technology shaping the systems.
 Need to understand major business functions
 Its about “ information system literacy “
Organizations
 Key elements :
 People
 Structure
 Operational procedures
 Politics
 culture
organizations
 Business Functions
 Sales and marketing
 Manufacturing and Production
 Finance
 Accounting
 Human Resource
 Knowledge workers
 Data workers
 Production workers
Management
 It’s a job to make sense out of the many
situations faced by organiations, make
decisions, and formulate action plans to solve
organizational problems
 Roles and Decisions vary at various level of
management.
Management

 Senior management
 Middle management
 Operational management
Technology
 Computer hardware
 Computer software
 Storage technology
 Communication technology
 Networks