Lecture
Definition
Management information systems (Management Information Systems — MIS) provide all middle and senior managers with current information on the accuracy of the execution of decisions that regulate the main business processes in the organization.
Management information systems provide interactive access to a variety of indicators of current activity — orders, directives, minutes, summaries, reporting forms — and serve the functions of planning, managing divisions and departments, and monitoring and supporting decisions at the level of operational regulation. Decisions supported by the MIS are mandatory for execution at the operational level, enrich the knowledge base at the information level, and are transmitted to all levels via office automation systems.
The main characteristics of the MIS:
Management information systems began to appear in the 1970s, on the wave of the rapid development of computer hardware and software. They are usually formed on the basis of transaction processing systems and office automation, which provide the primary automation of routine procedures and processes. Alongside these, the MIS is one of the main modules of the overall IS, which is gradually turning into a corporate IS for regulating the organization's activities.
Definition
A corporate information system (Corporate Information System — CIS) is an interconnected set of data, procedures, standards, hardware-software and telecommunications tools, intended for the collection, processing, systematization, distribution, storage, and delivery of information to end users in accordance with requirements arising from the organization's strategic goals.
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