Management Information Systems. Business Open Learning Archive Management Information Systems.
Information technology combines technology with the creation and use of information systems.
An MIS is different from a transaction processing system which processes routine operational data - orders, payslips, invoices, stock issues. A TP system often produces management information as scheduled reports but these are scheduled - derived from operational transactional processing. In making strategic goals operational it is vital that progress can be monitored via the management information system otherwise progress may be invisible. At the strategic management level we are interested in summary information to define current status and measure how well we are doing. This is long-term stuff usually relating to a rolling corporate plan which can be reviewed annually.