MEANING AND OBJECTIVES OF MIS: A SHORT BRIEF

MEANING

MIS is an integrated man-machine system which collects, maintains, correlates and selectively displays information in the proper time frame consistently, to meet the specific needs of various levels of management in order that decisions could be made and action taken for fulfilling the objectives of an organization.

 In other words, it is a system which:

1. Provides information to support managerial function. (Planning, control, organizing, operating)
2. Collects information systematically and routinely in accordance with a well-defined set of rules.
3. Includes files, hardware, software and operations research models of processing, storing, retrieving and transmitting information to the users. 

OBJECTIVES OF MIS: 

1. Facilitate: The decision-making process by furnishing information in the proper time frame.

2. Provide: Its requisite information at each level of management to carry out their functions.

3. Help: In highlighting the critical factors to the closely monitored for success

4. Support: Support decision making in both structured and unstructured problem environments.

5.Provide: Provide a system of people, computers, and procedures, interactive query facilities documents for collecting, storing, retrieving and transmitting information to the users