Assignment:
“The ultimate goal of any Management Information System (MIS) is optimization” (Jackson D. Ford 1987).
An integrated MIS should achieve optimisation by performing the following three main functions for the organisation that it is applied
into:
a) Provide information across various departments
b) Facilitate decision making at the three tiers of management
c) Serve as efficient means for managing business processes
Organisations can either provide “service” or “manufactured goods” as their product or more commonly a combination of both.
For this essay you are required to look at the application of integrated MIS in a “service” based or a “manufacturing” based organisation and critically evaluate how this has helped them to improve their performance in the context of the three main functions defined for an integrated MIS above.
This is a 3000 word essay and counts 100% of the assessment for the “Managing Information” module of the MBA.
Use Harvard Referencing system. See separate notes.
References:
Clarke Steve (2007); ‘Information Systems Strategic Management: an integrated approach’. ISBN 978-0-415-38187-1; Routledge Printing, USA & Canada Fattahi. R and Ebrahim Afshar (2006), ‘Added value of information and information systems: a conceptual approach’; Library Review Vol. 55 No. 2, 2006 pp. 132-147
Jackson D. Ford (1987); ‘Conceptual model of an integrated management information system incorporating industrial engineering techniques, Computers & Industrial Engineering Volume 13, Issues 1-4, 1987, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, USA