Managment Information Systems

1. Management Information
Systems
Introduction

2. Topics to be covered:
•What is information, system?
•Components of a system
•What is Information Systems, Why Information
Systems matter?
•Dimensions of Information Systems
•Major types of Information Systems in an
organization
•Challenge of Information Systems

3. Information and System
•Information can be defined as an organized or
processed form of data that conveys some meaning.
•System can be defined as a unified group of
interrelated or interacting elements that work
together to achieve the common goal of an
organization. They accept inputs and produce
outputs.

4. A System has :-
Functions or components
• Input
• Processing
• Output
• Feedback
• Control

5. Information Systems
An information system can be defined as any organized combination
of people, hardware, software, communication networks, and data
resources that collects, transforms, and disseminates information in
an organization.

6. Why Information System?
• Capital management
• Foundation of doing business
• Productivity Increases
• Strategic Opportunity & Advantage

7. Dimensions of Information Systems
• People Resources
• Hardware Resources
• Software Resources
• Data Resources
• Network Resources

8. People:
Specialists-system analysts, developers, operators
End users or knowledge workers
Hardware:
Machines-computer system, peripherals
Media-floppy discs, tapes, optical disc
Software:
Programs-OS, spreadsheet, word processor
Procedures-data entry, error checking

9. Data:
Product descriptions, customer records etc.
Network:
Communication media, network access
Information Products:
Management Reports and business documents using text
and graphics etc.

10. Types Of IS:
Information Systems
Operations Support
System
Management Support
System

11. Operations Support
system
Transaction processing
Systems
Process Control
Systems
Enterprise Collaboration
Systems

12. • TPS: Record and process data that generates from business
transactions
• PCS: Monitor and control physical processes
• ECS: Enhance team & workgroup communication.
E.g Office automation systems

13. Management Support
Systems
MIS DSS EIS

14. • MIS: Provide info in the form of reports and displays to managers.
• DSS: help the managers in decision making
• EIS: Provide critical information from large number of internal &
external resources in easy to use format for managers.