Name: Sharmila Devi D/O Arumugam
No.I.C: 881126-08-5824
Date: 28th June 2015

1. A) Describe what is meant by management information systems (MIS). Include in your answer one example of how an MIS can be used.

* Management information system, or MIS, broadly refers to a computer-based system that provides managers with the tools to organize, evaluate and efficiently manage departments within an organization. In order to provide past, present and prediction information, a management information system can include software that helps in decision making, data resources such as databases, the hardware resources of a system, decision support systems, people management and project management applications and any computerized processes that enable the department to run efficiently. The role of the management information system (MIS) manager is to focus on the organization’s information and technology systems. The MIS manager typically analyses business problems and then designs and maintains computer applications to solve the organization’s problems.

B) Describe the factors which make a good or poor MIS using example to illustrate your answer. * A good MIS is a computer system that supplies the information in a form that managers can easily understand and use that allow them to make good business decision. Such information can reduce the risk in making decision. * A good MIS is fast because managers do not want to wait too long for the information to be displayed. * The information from the MIS must be relevant so they do not have to wade through loads of unnecessary information to get at the information they need. * The information supplied by the MIS must be accurate otherwise any decisions made by the managers will be more risky. * A poor MIS is cumbersome to use. MIS needs to be easy to use