Management Information System (MIS)

 Management Information System

A management information system (MIS) is a computerized database of financial information organized and programmed in such a way that it produces regular reports on operations for every level of management in a company. It is usually also possible to obtain special reports from the system easily.

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What is the meaning of MIS report?

MIS stands for management information system. Business managers at all levels of an organization, from assistant managers to executives, rely on reports generated from these systems to help them evaluate their business' daily activities or problems that arise, make decisions, and track progress.

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What is the information system?

An information system (IS) is any organized system for the collection, organization, storage and communication of information. More specifically, it is the study of complementary networks of that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and distribute data.

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What is MIS department?

The MIS department was originally the whole of information technology. From the 1960s to the early 1980s, practitioners and business schools referred to MIS rather than IT.

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Traits of MIS Professionals

There are a lot of different profiles, but there are some traits we've found make great MIS professionals. Do these describe you?  If so, then our MIS programs are for you!

• Are good problem solvers
• Like to work with people
• Can think strategically about technology
• Like responsibility for developing and then implementing their ideas
• Can bridge both technology and business
• Can see both details and the big picture
• Are excellent communicators
• Can manage time and resources well

What jobs do MIS graduates go into?

As you can probably already tell, MIS is an integrative field. MIS professionals are the "communication bridge" between business needs and technology. This means that you will have to understand how to figure out how things work, solve problems, find things out, communicate what you found, and learn a lot of new things on a regular basis. It's a dynamic field, and it takes dynamic people to do well in it. People who can think fast, work hard, and balance a lot of things should really think about MIS. Here's only a sample of the kinds of MIS jobs.

• Business Analyst
• Business Application Developer
• IT Consultant
• Systems Analyst
• IT Development Project Leader
• Database Administrator
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Systems Developer
• Database Analyst
• Web Developer
• Network Administrator
• Technical Support Specialist
• Information Systems Manager
• IT User Liaison 

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Why should I take courses or major in MIS?

The development of new information retrieval methods, as well as the improvement of existing ones, is currently one of the hottest frontiers in the field of information science.