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MIS – Week 1

MIS – Week 1. Introduction to CBIS. Let’s discuss: What is Management Information System? What is the difference with Information System Management? An organized assembly of resources and procedures required to collect, process, and distribute data for use in decision making.

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MIS – Week 1

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  1. MIS – Week 1 Introduction to CBIS • Let’s discuss: • What is Management Information System? • What is the difference with Information System Management? • An organized assembly of resources and procedures required to collect, process, and distribute data for use in decision making Information and Management Information Form Information Source Strategic planning level Summary External Management Control Level Operational Control Level Internal Detail Finance Function Information Services Function Manufacturing Function Marketing Function Human Resources Function 1-1

  2. MIS – Week 1 5 Main Resources • Personnel • Material • Machines • (including facilities and energy) • Money • Information (and data) Physical Information is The most valuable resource Conceptual Data and Information • Information processor • Key element in the conceptual system • Computer • Noncomputer • Combination • Data is the raw material transformed into information Physical and Conceptual System • Physical system • The business firm • Composed of physical resources • Conceptual system • Represents a physical system • Uses conceptual resources • Information • Data 1-2

  3. MIS – Week 1 The CBIS Model Computer-based Information System (CBIS) Accounting Information System Problem Management Information System Decisions Information Decision Support Systems Problem Solution The Virtual Office • Justify in the same manner as any other large investment: • Economic • Cost reduction • Reduced inventory investment • Increased productivity (CAD/CAM) • Noneconomic : Perceived value Knowledge-based Systems 1-3

  4. MIS – Week 1 Information Specialist Database Administrator Systems Analyst Operator User Computer Programmer Network Specialist • Users • Managers • Nonmanagers • Persons & organizations in the firm’s environment Information specialists have full-time responsibility for developing and maintaining computer-based systems 1-4

  5. MIS – Week 1 Global Financial Community Community Labor unions Stockholders or owners Using IT for Competitive Advantage The Firm and Its environment Government The Firm Customers Suppliers Competitors The Firm Is Connected to Its Environment by Resource Flows • Physical and conceptual • Some flows are major • Some should not occur at all • All resources that enter the firm from the environment eventually return to the environment 2-5

  6. MIS – Week 1 Competitive Advantage • Computer field perspective • Use of information to gain leverage in marketplace • Relies on more than physical resources • Addressed with strategic objectives Influence on Information Resources Information resources and IS strategy Business strategy • Strategic planning for information resources (SPIR) develops firm and IS strategic plans concurrently • SPIR content • 1. What is to be achieved • 2. What will be required Influence on Business Strategy The Information Resource Manager -- the CIO • Chief Information Officer (CIO) is not simply a title, but role • Manager of information services • Contributes managerial skills • Solves information resources problems • Solves problems in other areas of firm’s operations 2-6 2-6

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