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ORGANISATION
MD
VP (Horizontals)
GM
AGM
Manager
AsstManager
FIN MKT OPN Maint HR Pur Admin Stores(Verticals)
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Organization where there is no or little communication between departments
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Departments function in isolation
Have their own objectives
More worried about their own problems
than others
Have own systems of data collection and
analysis
Available only to the top management (assummary reports)
Not to the other departments.
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The result
Various departments end up pulling it in
different directions
Sometimes the departmental objectives canbe conflicting
Thus disrupting the normal functioning of the
organization
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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Support many of the day-to-day decision
making needs of the management.
Reports, charts, graphs, displays
Provide information that managers have
specified in advance.
Pre-defined information satisfies the needs
of managers at the operational levels ofthe organization who are faced with the
structured type of decision-making.
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THE PROBLEM WITH THESE M I S
They operate at departmental level
Give information that has been pre-
defined.
Each department will have its owndatabase and information systems.
These systems will produce different
reports of varying detail that werespecified when the systems were built.
Contd
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THE PROBLEM WITH THESE M I S
Do not have any information about otherdepartments.
Summary reports often fail in capturing the
real picture. Beyond designed reports, systems are of
no help.
Contd
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THE PROBLEM WITH THESE M I S
Lack the integrated approach. All these systems will perform in isolation.
Information to be derived from two
systems, Get the necessary reports from both
systems and then correlate and combine
the data.
Contd
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No good decisions with the isolated data
Lose valuable time that could have beenbetter spent in decision-making.
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Information - key resource
The right information at the right time
Enables decision- makers
Chances of succeeding is high.
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CURRENT SCENARIO
STIFF COMPETITION BUYERS MARKET
CHANGING MARKET NEEDS
WELL-INFORMED AND DEMANDING
CUSTOMER
GLOBALIZED OPERATIONS
SHORT LEAD TIMES
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CHARACTERISTICS OF M I S
RELEVANT
ACCURATE,
TIMELINESS
MECH
ANISM
TO CO
LLEC
T, CO
LLATE,
ANALYSEANDPRESENT HIGH
QUALITYINFORMATION
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INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION Produces information using the input-
process-output cycle
Information system consists of threeelementspeople, procedures and data.
People follow procedures to manipulate
data to produce information
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In computer world, the definition of
information systems is An organized combination of people,
hardware, software, communication
networks
A data resource that collects, collates,
transforms and disseminates in an
organization.
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THE ENTERPRISE
The entire organization is considered as asystem
All the departments are its subsystems.
The information is stored centrally and isavailable to all departments
This transparency and information access
ensures that the departments no longerwork in isolation pursuing their own
independent goals.Contd
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THE ENTERPRISE
Each sub system works towards thecommon goal.
The ERP system helps to accomplish this
task Automating business process and
functions
Helping the organization to work and moveforward as a single entity
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