Management Information Systems -MGMD 233 -INTRODUCTION-

Management Information Systems

-MGMD 233-INTRODUCTION-

AMN 2012/2013

INTRODUCTION TO MIS• What is MIS?– Planning for, development, management, and use of IT

tools to help people to performs all tasks related to information processing & management.

– Deals with coordination & use of 3 very important organizational resources:-

Information People IT MIS

MIS RESOURCESINFORMATION• Intellectual assets hierarchy:-– Data is raw facts that describe a particular

phenomenon. – Information is data that have a particular meaning

within a specific context.– Business intelligence (BI) is a collective information of

customers, competitors, business partners & competitive environment.

MIS RESOURCES• Defining Information Quality

Timeliness Location Form

Validity GIGO

MIS RESOURCES• Flows of Information

MIS RESOURCES• Information will describes…

Internal information

External information

Objective information

Subjective information

MIS RESOURCESPEOPLE• The most important resource in any organization, with a

focus on:-• Knows how and when to apply

technologyTechnology-literate

• Can define information needs, know how and where to obtain information, understands information, acts appropriately based on information.

Information-literate

• Principle and standards that guide our behavior toward other peopleEthical

responsibilities

MIS RESOURCESTECHNOLOGY• Computer based tools that people use to work

with information.

Hardware Input devices

Output devices

Storage devices

System units

Telecommunication devices

Connecting devices

Software

Application software

System software

MIS RESOURCES

IMPACT OF IT

FINANCIAL

INDUSTRY

STRATEGY

Fixed Costs, Variable Costs,Revenue.

Porter’s Five ForcesModel - helps business people understand the relative attractiveness of an industry and the industry’s competitive pressures

Michael Porter’sThree Generic Strategies.

What is MSC?

• It was officially inaugurated by the 4th Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on 12 February 1996.

• It was crucial to accelerate the objectives of Vision 2020 and to transform Malaysia into a modern state by the year 2020, with the adoption of a knowledge-based society framework

Malaysia 7 Flagship• To achieve the objectives of Vision 2020, 7 innovative

flagship applications was planned for implementation.

• These applications were developed to kick start the MSC Malaysia initiative & create an innovative multimedia utopia for entrepreneurs & consumers, which is involves various multimedia technology fields.

• The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) offers attractive initiatives for Malaysians in the era of information.

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