Manment Information

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ined as a network of computer based processing procedures that are integrated with manual and other procedures to provide timely, effective information to support managerial planning and control” Taken from Computers and Information Systems by O’leary/Williams second edition pg 435.
“Management information systems at the management level of an organisation that serve the functions of planning, controlling, and decision making by providing routine summary and exception reports” Taken from Management Information Systems 4th edition by Laudon, and Laudon
“Management information system is Interrelated components working together to collect, process, store and disseminate information to support decision making co-ordination, control, analysis and visualisation in an organisation” Taken from Laudon and Laudon, 1999, ‘Essentials of Management Information Systems’, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall.
From the above definition of a management information system the following overall conclusion can be reached:
A management information system is a collection of people, tasks, systems, software, and technology used to provide routine pre defined information that is available to all members of the organisation that need to have access to it. Management information systems provide a variety of reports and displays to management. Management information systems (MIS) retrieve internal information about an organisation, and share to those who require it.

What are the uses of a management information system? :
“Strategic-level systems help senior managers plan the firms long term course of action.
· “Strategic-level systems help senior managers plan the firms long term course of action.
· Tactical systems help the middle managers supervise and coordinate day-to-day business activities.
· Knowledge and data workers use knowledge systems to design products, streamline services, and to cope with paperwork,
· Operational sy...