MIS: Management Information Systems

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MIS Management Information Systems

• Yong Choi
• School of Business
• CSU, Bakersfield

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What is MIS?

• MIS Management Information Systems
• Collect, process, store and distribute
  information
• MIS is a general term for the computer-based
  information systems in private and public
  organizations that provide information for
  organizing, evaluating and efficiently running
  its business operations.

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Why study MIS?

• Change of Paradigm Information Age
• Bill Gates (72.7 billion as of last month), List
  of GDP
• Primary TANGIBLE product of Microsoft (excluding
  game (Xbox 360) and other HWs)
• Population of facebook.com
• 800 million active users Vs. US (310 million)

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Effect of Information Age

• Globalization (Nike Corporation)
• Global management thru MIS
• Organizational Change
• Traditional middle management collect, process,
  store and distribute information.

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Type of Jobs based on Type of Decisions-Makings

• Better to have a job that complies with rules of
  information age.
• Structured
• Independent travel agencies
• Routine repetitive (problems are predictable)
• Problems can be solved by applying standard
  solutions
• IBM Watson
• Implication exact cost of text message
  word-by-word

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MIS Courses

• Lower Division Courses
• MIS 200A Software Productive Tools
• Upper Division Courses
• MIS 300 Management Information Systems Concepts
  and Applications
• MIS/Econ 320 Intro. - Geographic Information
  Systems
• MIS 330 Systems Analysis and Design
• MIS/Logistics 340 Principles of Database Systems
• MIS/Mktg 420 Electronic Commerce
• MIS 440 Information Security and Privacy
  (Accounting?)

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Careers and Recent Employment

• Systems Analyst
• Database Administrator
• Computer Facility Manager
• User Consultant
• MIS Project Manager
• Computer Crime Specialist

• ChvronTexaco
• Occidental Petroleum
• Aera Energy
• Paramount (Ag business)
• Bolt House (Ag business)
• Kern County
• Caterpillar
• State of California
• City of Bakersfield

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Questions and MIS club