Develop a framework of an MIS(management information systems)system for a hardware company.The case of Helectron

Literature Review on Management Information Systems (MIS ) and Recommendations for an MIS Framework for Helectron Company

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Management Information Systems

Management Information Systems or MIS is a general term for the academic discipline focusing on the utilization of people , technologies and procedures - known collectively as the information system - to answer complex business needs . This field is useful in management by objectives (MBO ) and in monitoring of key performance indicators (KPI as well as in gathering and processing of specific data for decision making . It can be used

not only in business processes and operations but also in the development of decision-making and competitive strategies It can also be seen as a system or process that supplies data important for effective organizational management . These information become essential parts of prudent and reasonable business decisions (Management Information Systems , 1995 . One definition of MIS is that research in the information systems field examines more than just the technological system , or just the social system , or even the two side by side in addition , it investigates he phenomena that emerge when the two interact (Lee , 2001 Although often confused with , MIS is strictly different from other known fields utilizing computer resources . MIS is also known as information technology management and is mostly a business administration discipline with emphasis on integrating computer systems with the vision of the organization . This is different from computer science which is mostly theoretical and usually covers software programming . Information Technology service management is also a different field that is a practitioner-focused field focusing on the general domain . It is also different from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP (Wikipedia , 2007 A manager of an organization has five traditional functions (1 ) planning the direction of a company takes (2 ) organizing resources like people , space , equipment and services (3 ) coordinating the activities of all departments (4 ) decision-making about the organization , products or services made or sold , the employees and use of information technology and (5 ) controlling , monitoring and supervising the activities of others

Because it is the management information system functions to provide managers the necessary information in carrying out these five functions the most accurate definition of MIS is : The role of a management information system is to convert data from internal and external sources into information that can be used to aid in making effective decisions for planning , directing and controlling ( 2 : Management Information Systems , n .d

Internal sources may be in the form of number of units produced and sales figures from specific product lines which are usually taken from within the company network . External data may be intelligence data from competitors taken from articles in the press , leaks and sometimes even industrial espionage , information regarding population and market economic and social factors and government legislation which may all affect independently or as a whole the operations of the company . This information may altogether be acquired through formal channels in which procedure is adopted or via informal information networks such as chance meetings , articles and news...