Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:
A Management Information System (MIS) is a systematic
organization and presentation of information that is generally required by the
management of an organization. In one sense MIS is a part or subset of the
Information Management System of an Organization. There are different types of
information systems such as, Transaction Processing System (TPS), Decision
Support System (DSS), Executive Support System (ESS) etc. having some
differences and some overlapping.
MIS is different from DSS as the later uses unstructured
data to take non-standard decisions. MIS is different from TPS and the later is
used for day-to-day transactions of the organization. Thus the purpose of MIS
is to organize and present such information that would help the middle and
higher level management for taking better and more effective decisions to
increase the productivity of the organization and gain competitive
advantage.
Keywords: information systems, management information
system, expert system, MIS, TPS, software development,
Mishra,
Umakant, Management Information Systems vs. Other Information Systems (August
12, 2013). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2308846 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2308846
