MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
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The subject of management
information system (MIS) has different meaning for different people. The
concept of MIS has evolved over a period of last two decades or so. The initial
management information systems were built to process transactional data of an
organization and to produce regular reports. The reports were not targeted and
individuals picked the required data from the report. The information systems
evolved further and produced different reports according to requirements.
Instead of user looking through the report for required data, the system
generated a report in a suitable format that created an impact on its user and provoked
an action, a decision or an investigation. Today, an information system has evolved
to the stage where they handle databases and facilitate decision-making.
Accordingly, definition
of MIS has also evolved. There are many closely related definitions in use. The
terms MIS is synonymously used with terms the Information System (IS),
the Information and Decision System and the Computer based Information System.
The MIS is defined as an
integrated system of man and machine for providing the information to support
the operations, the management, and the decision-making function in the organization.
The above definition
emphasizes an association between MIS and decision-making. An application
software that processes data, which is not used for decision-making, cannot be
called an MIS. For instance, a computer-aided design system is not an MIS.
