We will look at how systems are used in organizations, including design, implementation, control, evaluation, and strategic use of modern, computer-based information systems for business data processing, office automation, information reporting, and decision making. We will look at various topics from the viewpoint of MIS management as well as general management. MIS is not a computer programming course. However, you will be expected to use computers and various forms of technology throughout the course. These expectations are based on the assumption that managers of every type should know basic word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, and telecommunication applications.
Managers manage many different things.
Some manage organizations and some manage groups of people. But what is common among successful managers is that they manage through information. Banks rarely move money from one location to the other. Instead, they send information from one location to the other about the ownership of that money. A good manager knows how to collect, organize, store and communicate information for the benefit of the organization they serve.