When this assignment (creating a blog with minimum of 5 entry) was given to all EMBA7713A UiTM group by our Assoc. Prof Dr Norzaidi about 3 weeks ago, I felt I was pushed to a corner and cannot move....I don't know how to start and what to do. For one, I was not and IT person, second, i was never involved `deeply' in any of company's IT project or fully understand what MIS is all about. Being in a rather small company (21 staff company) and a holding company in nature, IT was never really our company's priority. I am on my computer only when I was really need to. My exposure was limited to my e-mail (which I m quite used to and depended on most of the time) and facebook (because I need to check what is in the mind of my kids - 6 of them). Creating a blog ?
After `soul-IT-searching' for quite a while, I have the courage to start this blog about 10 days ago. To create this blog, I was tutored by my 14 year-old daughter, whom I didn't know having a blog herself before this assignment (this is when a computer-savy daughter come handy !!!!..he..he ) Before this entry, I didn't even know what to write. I ended up putting 2 entry which soon I will edit or delete...not because it is not useful neither it is not MIS related, but because it is not `interesting enough', as my daughter put it. So, this is my 3rd entry, which I hope will be more meaningful but at the same time, it give me more understanding of what MIS is all about.
This entry is about an article I read with the hope it will educate me further on what MIS is and how it is important in business decision making (which I hope I can use it in my working environment). The journal was written by Srinivas Nowduri from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and tittle Management information systems and business decision making: review, analysis and recommendations.
THE ARTICLE
In summary, Information Systems can be conceptualized in terms of three types of systems: Transactional Processing Systems (TPS), Management Information Systems (MIS), and Expert Systems. MIS has several subsets such as Decision Support Systems and Executive Information Systems. The role of MIS in decision support is discussed in the context of the subset referred to as Decision Support System (DSS). In order to define MIS, it must be principally divided into the three facets that constitute it—which are: management, information, and systems (Kumar, 2006), . From the discussion, MIS has been referred to a system that uses information in order to ensure apt management of businesses. Fundamentally, all the facets of MIS run concomitantly in order to ensure overall efficiency of the whole system. Failure in one part means overall failure for the other parts since they are all designed to function interdependently (Davenport & Short, 1990). The paper provide plenty of discussion on the positive contribution of MIS to decision making at the same time the challenges that are believed to limit the efficacy of MIS. But one thing I could totally agree that paper quote `A good management of information systems leads to good decision- making in business just in the same way poor management leads to poor decision making'.
The full paper can be retrieve from: www.aabri.com/manuscripts/10736.pdf
Happy reading !
p.s: For a rookie like me, this short article provide enough explanation on what is MIS and how it may affect the business decision in an organisation. Am I a blogger now? YES !!!! Thank you Dr Norzaidi !. I wouldn't even try to blog if it is not because of this assignment.
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