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Management Information System

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

(MIS)

DEFINITION: -
MIS may be defined as: - An integrated man/machine
system for providing information to support the
planning, controls organising operating management
and decision making functions in an organization.

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ELEMENTS OF MIS
Management
Information
System

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REQUIREMENTS OF MIS:
I. Top management level
II. Middle level management
III. Supervisory management level

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DECISION MAKING

Decision making can be regarded as an outcome of

mental processes (cognitive process) leading to the
selection of a course of action among several
alternatives.

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TYPES OF DECISIONS
1. Programmed decisions
These decisions are well defined, repetitive and routine in
nature. For these, a predefined decision rules or algorithms
are worked out so that every time the situation occurs, a
new analysis is not required.
2. Non -programmed decisions
These types of decisions are occasional and unique in
nature. There is no pre-defined procedure available to solve
these problems and a new analysis is required for each
occurrence

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DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM-DSS

Decision support system refers to a class of systems,

which support the process of making decisions. DSS
allow the decision maker to retrieve data and test
alternative solutions during the process of problem
solving.

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FUNCTIONS OF DSS

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RELEVANCE OF MIS

1. Management Accounting
2. Operations Research or Management Science
3. Management and Organization theory
4. Computer Science

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