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What is Information?
Information is data presented in a form that is meaningful to recipients Data becomes information when they are transformed to communicate meaning or knowledge, ideas and conclusions. By itself data is meaningless.
Background
Management information systems do not have to be computerized
But with today's large, multinational corporations, computerization is a must for a business to be successful
Computer-based or manual system that transforms data into information useful in the support of decision making
Davis (1974) describes MIS as an integrated, man/machine system for providing information to support the operations, management, and decision-making functions in an organization. A MIS can be defined as a system that processes information input in the form of data (the raw material) and helps support the management in decision-making and strategic planning. An 'MIS' is a planned system of the collecting, processing, storing and disseminating data in the form of information needed to carry out the functions of management
Components of MIS
Hardware Input and output devices constitute the hardware components of MIS
Server,computer,network equipment,printer etc
Software The programs and applications that convert data into machine-readable language are known as software
C++, java, developer 6i,Visual basic, Adobe illustrator, photoshop etc
Procedures Procedures are sets of rules or guidelines, which an organization establishes for the use of a omputer-based information system Personnel The computer experts, managers, users, analysts, programmers, database managers, and many other computer professionals who utilize the computer-based information systems are the personnel in a management information system Database
Ms access, SQL server, ORACLE, MY SQL etc
Computer operator
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