MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

In today’s technical era, revolution in business takes place with the foreword of Internet technologies. These Internet technologies are necessary parts for the screen of today’s networked management. Therefore, there is a growing need for all those interested in doing business, management and computerized accountancy to understand the concept and scope of this technology and the way it is used to provide information for various functions in business.

When computer technology turns out to be further extensively obtainable in the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was an increased eagerness for information systems to augment management decision processes. Which later converted into a nomenclature known as MIS (Management Information System). MIS is viewed and used at many levels by management and has turned out to be the favourite software engine for the development of IT in most recent years. This module throws some light on Management Information System, its application, and experience. This impression and framework of MIS in the form of module had been explained in an extremely exhaustive manner and gives reader a solid perceptive about its glimpse from every side that is underneath to pinnacle and more imperative showing the flavour of technology amalgamation with management.

Nowadays, Information technology persuades the arrangement and maneuver of organizations more overwhelmingly than any other technology ever has except the upcoming integrated system like ERP System. Advances in space travel, nuclear energy, medical technology, pharmacology, chemical fertilizers, insurance, academic institutions, and breakthrough in plant and animal genetics have all been extremely imperative to the humankind and its people, but none has affected organizations in the deepseated technique than information technology has. MIS endow with moderately lot of benefits to the business organization the means of effectual and well organized coordination between departments; rapid and consistent referencing; access to relevant data and documents; use of less labour; perfection in organizational and departmental techniques; management of routine activities (as accounts, stock control, payroll, etc.); everyday assistance in a department and closer contact with the rest of the world. It is imperative to note that whatsoever IT is installed must be appropriate to the organization, and to each department.

Management success is gained through accomplishment of mission and objectives. The terms MIS and information system are repeatedly mystified. To transform data into information, processing is needed and it must be done while considering the context of a decision. Information systems take account of systems that are not anticipated for decision making. MIS is occasionally referred to, in a preventive logic, as an information technology management. That area of learning should not be puzzled with computer science. If we see the IT service management it is a practitioner emphasis discipline. MIS has furthermore a quantity of variation with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as ERP is an industry term is a broad set of activity supported by multimodule application software that help an organization rather we can say that over and above to MIS as it focus more on product planning parts purchasing maintaining inventory, interacting with suppliers and many more rather not just incorporates elements that are automatically focused on decision support. 

So Management Information Systems (MIS) is a rapidly growing field. A student with a concentration in MIS may seek employment as an information analyst, application  developer, consultant, or IS support staff. The MIS program of study includes courses in systems analysis and design, decision support systems, database management, expert systems, and other information technology topics.