ISSUES REGARDING

MIS STRUCTURE

Shashwat Shriparv
dwivedishashwat@gmail.com
InfinitySoft
 MIS-DEFINITION
A management information system
is
1.An integrated user-machine system
2.For providing information
3.To support the operations,
management, analysis & decision
making functions
4.In an organization
SOME ISSUES OF MIS STRUCTURE

1)Formal Vs Informal information

system.
2)Extent of Integration.
3)Extent of User-Machine
Interaction.
Formal Vs Informal information
system
An organizations complete information
processing system consists of,
1)Public system.
2)Private system.
Within the public and private systems we
have both formal and informal information
systems.
That is….

1)Public Formal.
2)Public Informal.
3)Private Formal.
4)Private Informal.
The organizational information system

Public system

Formal Informal
Structured Unstructured
System system

Private system

formal Informal
Effect of MIS on relative sizes of information system components

Public Public
formal Informal

Private Private
formal informal
The public information system of an
organization tends to be larger than the
private system, but the latter includes a
significant portion of organizational
information flows.
By increasing the scope of the formal public
system we can reduce the need for
private, formal system and probably
reduces the need for both public and
private informal systems.
Increasing the scope of the public formal
system also has associated costs.
These includes the cost of eliciting
requirements, designing the system,
programming, testing, and writing
procedures for operating and using the
system.
Because of the high cost of developing
systems, tendency has been to only
automate systems that can be justified as
public systems so that the costs are
shared over many users.
Increasing the scope of the formal public
system we can reduce the time spent by
managers in informal communication, their
productivity will increase and thus benefit
the organization.
 Extent of Integration

Information systems tend to have a modular

design with integration only where
required.
Inconsistencies among the subsystems are
reduced by the use of standards and the
common database.
Data integration is accomplished by the use
of a common database.
A common database does not necessarily
eliminate the need for separate files.
Some files are significant only to one
application and therefore may be designed
for and maintained by that application.
Data requirements for different levels of
management activity also suggest the
need for more than one database rather
than complete integration.
 Extent of User-Machine
Interaction
The information system structure does not
specify online user machine interaction: it
indicates only to support for various
operational and management activities.
Online processing of transactions is often
desirable because the transaction is
completed immediately.
Inquires are generally more effective if
immediate response is available.
The computer system that supports online
transaction processing may not be able to
support interactive models.
However, having an information system
does not imply that a simple computer
system must be used.
These approaches encourage managers
and staff specialists to develop their own
support models, rather than depending on
the staff of the information processing
function to provide them.
Shashwat Shriparv
dwivedishashwat@gmail.com
InfinitySoft