Source: Sandip Chandra of Article Base
How to Make An Effective Management Information System #HelpfulHowTo
Management information System which is also known as MIS in short and the basic purpose of using this technology in business to keep and track records of performance of an organization and its employee as well. Basically, it helps the executives of a company to make proper decisions for the well of the organization. A valuable MIS store and brings together all the data available from operations, outside inputs and previous activities into information that demonstrates what the company has accomplished in major functional areas and further requirements for future progress.
It is a matter of fact that it is quite tough to make a normal MIS to an effective one. However, it becomes easier when you split it into a few parts like User Authorization, Data Input, Accessibility, Changes in Data and Decision Making. Let's start with the first one which is user authorization. As the name sounds, it means who can see the data. Here is big confusion that most of people have. Who can see the data is not same as who can put the data. Moreover, who can put the data is not same as who can edit the data. Last but not least, every user is not authorized to keep or track of all the data. Here the user authorization plays a big role. Hence, the proper user authorization should be given to actual professionals. It is the very first step and it builds the base of a management information system.
Second important part is data input which means the data provided by the employees in MIS. The data should be accurate not approximate. Many people think that 100, 98.7 and 100.2 is same and so they enter 100 even if it is in near decimals. But, it makes a huge a difference in long calculation. If every employee thinks like that then the entire data input will be wrong and on the base of that ultimately the decision also becomes a wrong one. Next one is accessibility which is the key one in this case. Giving accessibility of critical information to all employees can be harmful for an organization. There should be some restrictions regarding the accessibility of Management Information System. There must be feature to provide the edit option for the data input. If someone inputs wrong data by mistake then it can be changed afterward. Last but not least, if these all are done efficiently then the ultimate task is making proper decision on the basis of that data record and analysis.
Thank you for these tips. Management information system is important for every business establishments.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know all about these, thanks for educating me. These are a lot of information to digest since I am not a tech savvy. But glad I learned it here.
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