Wednesday, June 25, 2008

blog post # 4 Question

Ans: If i am a student of RMMC i prefer to computerize the card catalog in the library, so that the student will easily found the books they need, it will not waste their time to find that particular book.

Monday, June 23, 2008

blog post # 3 Question

* MIS users are more knowledgeable.

In using MIS you can explore your research and it can help you to gathered more data for your research. One of the example of this trends is when you are a student and taking your business research, this MIS serve as a guide for the accomplishment of your business research.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Blog Post # 1 Question

*What is the most striking idea of MIS?

Ans: The most striking idea of MIS is that, MIS is vey important especialy in the world of business, because it contains some information that can help to solve some other problem of the company. MIS can give an effecient communication to their employees,stockholders and to their consumers.

Blog Post # 2 Question

* How can the manager's & employees makes use of information as a strategic/ competitive advantage over their competitors?
Ans: The manager & employees can used information as a strategic/competitve advantage over their competitors, through this information they can make a new strategies interms of improving their business at the same time by giving a new services to their consumer for their satisfaction. By using this infomation the manager can easily make a right decision or a plan for the development of their business.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

activity1 MIS

'MIS' is a planned system of collecting, processing, storing and disseminating data in the form of information needed to carry out the functions of management. According to Phillip Kotler "A marketing information system consists of people, equipment, and procedures to gather, sort, analyse, evaluate, and distribute needed, timely, and accurate information to marketing decision makers." (Kotler, Phillip and Keller, Kevin Lane; Marketing Management, Pearson Education, 12 Ed, 2006)
The terms MIS and information system are often confused. Information systems include systems that are not intended for decision making. MIS is sometimes referred to, in a restrictive sense, as information technology management. That area of study should not be confused with computer science. IT service management is a practitioner-focused discipline. MIS has also some differences with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as ERP incorporates elements that are not necessarily focused on decision support.
Professor Allen S. Lee states that "...research in the information systems field examines more than the technological system, or just the social system, or even the two side by side; in addition, it investigates the phenomena that emerge when the two interact