MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MIS

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MIS)

• Lecturer Jurgita Raudeliuniene
• VGTU, Business Technologies Department
• 
  2006

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The lectures will be organized as follow

• Class Presentation (1 topic 2-3 students)
• 3 main topics of MIS
• (1) introduction to MIS
• (2) MIS development
• (3) Business information systems (BIS)
  management.
• Discussion.
• Testing (3 tests from 3 main topics).

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Class presentations guidelines

• Class presentations are an opportunity to
  demonstrate your understanding of a topic and to
  explain it to an audience.
• The purpose of a presentation is to give the
  audience your ideas about a topic, not to read
  out a mass of unsynthesized data.
• State the main point(s) clearly. Limit yourself
  to one main point and state it clearly and
  succinctly. The content of the presentation
  should be chosen to illustrate and support your
  point.
• Illustrate and support the main point.
• Use specific examples to illustrate and support
  the main point.
• Present a clear conclusion to support the main
  point. Restatement of your main point helps the
  audience to reinforce what they have heard and
  remember it better.

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The practice will be organized as follows

• Group work (2-3 students)
• Research of Information and Communication
  Technologies (ICT) good practice databases
• Presentation of research results.
• Paper (result of 2 parties class presentation
  and research presentation).

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Best practices databases

• Beep Knowledge System// http//www.beepknowledge
  system.org/.
• eMarket Services// http//www.emarketservices.co
  m.
• National best practices// http//www.e-bsn.org/.
• Enterprise Ireland// http//www.enterprise-ireland
  .com/.

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Marking (10 points)

• 5 points (from lecture)
• - Class presentation (2 points).
• - 3 tests (3 points).
• 2 points (from practice)
• Research presentation (2 points).
• 3 points - Paper.

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3 main topics of MIS

• Introduction to MIS.
• MIS development.
• Business information systems (BIS) management.

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(1) Introduction to MIS

• Basic concepts understanding information the
  nature of data, information and knowledge the
  value of information the characteristics that
  can be used to describe information quality
  information in the context of the e-business
  environment managerial decision making,
  including the characteristics of decisions at
  different organizational levels the information
  needed to support decision making.
• Introduction to business information systems the
  basic characteristics of systems types of
  information systems applications for information
  systems.
• Introduction to hardware and software major
  categories of computers input/output/storage
  devices categories of software software for
  using the Internet intelligent agents.
• Networks, telecommunications and the Internet
  relationship between intranets, extranets and the
  Internet.
• E-business applications definition of
  e-business, e-commerce drivers and barriers of
  e-business adoption e-procurement human
  resource management (HRM) information systems
  marketing information systems accounting
  information systems.

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(2) MIS development

• Introduction to developing MIS Waterfall model
  spiral model (Boehm, 1988).
• Project management methodology project
  organization, plans, control, costs.
• Systems analysis and design elements of design
  the relationship between analysis and design.

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(3) Business information systems (BIS) management

• BIS strategy strategic context IT/IS strategy
  strategy process model tools for strategic
  analysis business process re-engineering (BPR).
• Managing e-business e-business strategy
  strategic analysis.
• Ethical, legal and moral constraints on
  information systems.

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WHAT IS MIS?

• The MIS program combines the fundamental
  intellectual content of both Computer Science and
  Business Management Economics.
• MIS is the application of information technology
  to support the major functions and activities of
  either a private sector business or public sector
  institution.
• These systems provide feedback on organisational
  activities and help to support managerial
  decision making.
• In the past, organizations recognized the
  importance of managing resources such as labor,
  capital, and raw materials.
• Today, it is widely accepted that managing the
  information resource is very often equally
  important. MIS supports the process of
  collection, manipulation, storage, distribution
  and utilization of an organization's information
  resources.

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WHAT IS MIS?

• The vast majority of information systems are
  developed for and used by people in functional
  areas (e.g., manufacturing, human resources,
  accounting, finance and marketing). To develop
  information systems that address the needs of the
  organization, MIS professionals must possess a
  solid mix of business and technical knowledge.
• They must understand organizational structures,
  objectives, operations (including processes and
  the flows of data between processes) and the
  financial implications related to these factors.
• MIS managers and professionals must stay
  up-to-date with evolving information technologies
  and have a solid foundation of technical skills
  to select appropriate technologies and to
  implement computer-based information systems.

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Business information systems (BIS)

• The interactive relationships between the
  information systems and organizations, both
  technically and socially, and the business
  opportunities and challenges brought about by the
  BIS.
• This describes information systems used to
  support the functional areas of business.

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MIS helps

• to establish relevant and measurable objectives
• to monitor results and performances (reach
  ratios)
• to send alerts, in some cases daily, to managers
  at each level of the organization, on all
  deviations between results and pre-established
  objectives and budgets.

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Requirements for paper

• Title page
• Introduction (1) state the problem clearly
  (explain the importance of the problem,
  prevalence) (2) goal and tasks of the paper.
• Literature review headings theoretical
  perspectives of this issue counseling practices
  with this issue barriers and facilitators for
  counselors working with this issue should be
  appropriate for the topic of the paper.
• Discussion what did you find as a result of your
  reading what are the impact of these findings.
• Summary and conclusions concise descriptive
  statements of the paper highlight the major
  points in the paper to answer goal and tasks of
  the paper.
• References minimum of 10 references books,
  journals articles, internet citations.

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Requirements for references

• Journal example
• Rahman Z. (2003). Internet-based supply chain
  management using the Internet to revolutionise
  your business. International Journal of
  Information Management, 23 493-505.
• Book Example
• Kroenke D. (1989). Management information
  systems. Mitchell Publishing, Inc.
• Bocij P., Chaffey D., Greasley A., Hickie S.
  (2003). Business Information Systems. Second
  edition, Prentice Hall.
• Internet example
• Hossain L., Wigand R. T. (2004). ICT enabled
  virtual collaboration through trust. Journal of
  Computer-Mediated Communication, 10 (1). From
• http//jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue1/hossain_wigan
  d.html