Management Information Systems (Management Information System, referred to as MIS)
Management Information System Definition
Of modern management information system is a people-led, the use of computer hardware, software, network communications equipment and other office equipment, information collection, transmission, processing, storing, updating and maintenance, in order to compete excellent business strategy, improve effectiveness and efficiency purpose, support enterprises in high-level decision-making, mid-level control, grass-roots operation of integrated man-machine system. It is a new science, whose main task is to maximize the use of modern computer and network communication technologies to enhance corporate information management, through the enterprise has the human, material and financial resources, equipment, technology and other resources, investigation,
The establishment of the correct data, processing and preparation into a variety of timely provision of information to managers in order to correct the decision-making, and constantly enhance the management level and economic benefits. At present, the corporate computer network has become the technological transformation of enterprises and improve enterprise management level of an important means.
As China's integration with the world information highway, enterprise access to information through computer networks, the enterprise will bring huge economic and social benefits, corporate office and management will be towards the efficient, fast, paperless direction . MIS systems are generally used for system decision-making, for example, MIS systems can be used to identify the urgent need to address the problem, and timely feedback of information to upper management staff, so that they understand the current work progress or lack of development. In other words, MIS system, the ultimate aim is to enable managers to keep abreast of the company the status quo, to grasp the future development path.
Content Management Information System
A complete MIS should include: Decision Support System (DSS), Industrial Control System (CCS), office automation system (OA), as well as databases, model base, method base, knowledge base and with the higher authorities for the exchange of information and outside interfaces. Among them, in particular, office automation system (OA), with the higher authorities and external exchange of information and so inseparable from the Intranet (internal network) applications. It can be said that MIS can not do without the modern enterprise Intranet, but the establishment of Intranet must also depend on the MIS architecture and hardware and software environment.
Traditional MIS system is the core of CS (Client/Server-- client / server) architecture, while the Internet-based MIS system is the core of BS (Browser/Server-- browser / server) architecture. BS architecture than the CS structure has a great superiority of the traditional MIS systems rely on specialized operating environment, which means that the operator's activities in space is extremely limited; while BS architecture does not require a dedicated operating environment is in any places, as long as the Internet, will be able to operate MIS system, the pros and cons of which difference is self-evident.
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