Management Information Systems (MIS) Concepts, MIS Strategies

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course              Date of Submission Management Information Systems Management Information Systems (MIS) Concepts Management Information Systems (MIS) offers an integrated set of units that interact in order to achieve a specific goal. MIS deals with the management of information technology to allow effective or strategic decision-making. It is described as a unique approach in conceiving, creating, planning, and also implementation of various managerial functions. MIS involves the concepts of management, information, and system (O'Brien and George 112). Management: MIS values the concept of management. Management involves the processes that managers perform to get things done through careful planning, organizing, initiating, staffing, directing, as well as controlling. To achieve an effective management process, managers consider proper communication, motivation, as well as leadership in an integrated frame work of system. Management can be understood as working with and through individuals or groups to achieve specific organizational goals (Laudon and Jane 89). Managers have to organize the required tasks within the operational plan, set up tasks for groups and individuals, assign and delegate, control performance, and also try to avoid deviating from the standard. Information:  MIS emphasizes the need to use information. In MIS, information is achieved through data analysis and so analyzing is an essential part. Information refers to the data that has been retrieved, processed, and used for intervention purposes in the process of fore-casting or decision-making within the business environment. Information has to be derived from facts so that the systems can function effectively when used in the right context with the sole purpose of decreasing uncertainty on the alternative or specific courses of action that need to be taken (Laudon and Jane 32). System: Finally, MIS involves a system. A system denotes a set of components that are brought or joined together to achieve a common objective. Within a system is a subsystem that refers to a part of a larger system. For example, the organization denotes the system while the parts (departments, functions, divisions, units) become the subsystem. The purpose of the system in MIS is to optimize the output of an organization by ensuring that the operating subsystems are connected through information exchange (Laudon and Jane 32). MIS Strategies             One major strategy of MIS is to ensure that it helps managers receive feedback that they can use to monitor the performance of an organization. This is because MIS automatically gathers information from interconnected computers and the data keyed in at sporadic intervals. The system ensures that appropriate data is collected from different sources, then it is processed, and transferred to vital locations where it is needed (O'Brien and George 92). In this way, MIS strategy focuses on helping in decision-making because relevant information helps managers to know what is expected at various levels of the organization. Further, an import...