DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONAL DATABASE FOR A TERTIARY INSTITUTION A CASE STUDY OF IMT ENUGU

ABSTRACT

The work present a design of a computerized personal database  for IMT administration.  A computerized personal database for IMT administration is concerned with the computerization of personnel records appraisal of personnel on order to achieve the aims and objectives of the organization.  This accounts, when and who to promote and retirement in due time.

The entrance of computer into the personal database  for IMT administration will help create and maintain efficient records.  This will also help to fish out “ghost workers”

The design was implemented to facilitate the personnel Information system for a IMT administration.  It will be less time wasting and cheap to run.

It is expected that if full consent is given to this, it will enhance the Information of personnel record for the IMT administration.

ORGANIZATION OF WORK

            This project work is primarily designed to give an insight to personal database  system.

            Chapter one talks about introduction to personal database  system, study of problem and objectives as well as definition of the scope.

            Chapter two comprises the literature review. Chapter three gives the detailed information about the existing (old) system, while chapter four and five deals with the design and implantation of new system.

            Chapter six document the project work, while chapter seven summaries,  conclusion and suggestions were made.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page                                                                                                        i

Certification                                                                                                    ii

Dedication                                                                                                      iii

Acknowledgement                                                                                          iv

Abstract                                                                                                          v

Table of contents                                                                                            vii

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION                                                                                         1

1.1       Background of the study                                                                    1         

1.2       State of the problem                                                               2

1.3       Purpose of the study                                                               3

1.4       Aims and objectives                                                                3

1.5       Scope of study                                                                                    5

1.6       Limitations of study                                                               5

1.7       Assumptions                                                                           6

1.8       Definition of terms                                                                             7

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW                                                                  8

CHAPTER THREE

• Description and analysis of existing system                           15
  • Fact finding method used                                                                   17
  • Organization structure                                                                        19
  • Objectives of Existing system                                                            21
  • Input, Process and Output Analysis                                       22
  • Information Flow Diagrams                                                   26
  • Problems of the Existing System                                            27
  • Justification of the New System                                                         28

CHAPTER FOUR

• Design of the New System                                                     30
  • Input Specification and design                                                           30
  • Output specification and design                                                         32
  • File Design                                                                                          34
  • Procedure chart                                                                                   36
  • System flow chart                                                                               38
  • System requirements                                                               40       

CHAPTER FIVE

• Implementation                                                                                   42
  • Program Design                                                                                  45
  • Program Flowchart                                                                 48
  • Pseudo code                                                                                        54
  • Source Program: Test Run                                                      59

CHAPTER SIX       

Documentation                                                                                               60

CHAPTER SEVEN

• Recommendation                                                                                62
  • Conclusion                                                                                          64

Bibliography                                                                           65

1.0                                                CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

The role information technology have played in various field of human endeavors can not be over emphasized. As most section of humanity like banking industries, auto mobile industries etc have experience the influenced of information technology like wise the personnel office.

Personal information management (PIM) refers to both the practice and the study of the activities people perform in order to acquire, organize, maintain, retrieve and use information items such as documents (paper-based and digital), web pages and email messages for everyday use to complete tasks (work-related and not) and fulfill a person’s various roles (as parent, employee, friend, member of community, etc.). One ideal of PIM is that we always have the right information in the right place, in the right form, and of sufficient completeness and quality to meet our current need. Technologies and tools such as personal information managers help us spend less time with time-consuming and error-prone activities of PIM (such as looking for information). We then have more time to make creative, intelligent use of the information at hand in order to get things done or, simply, to enjoy the information itself.

For many people, this ideal seems far away. There are a bewildering number of tools available for managing personal information. But these tools can become a part of the problem leading to “information fragmentation”. Different devices and applications often come with their separate ways of storing and organizing information.

Interest in the study of PIM has increased in recent years. One goal in the study of PIM is to identify ways to introduce new tool support without inadvertently increasing the complexity of a person’s information management challenge. The study of PIM means understanding better how people manage information across tools and over time. It is not enough simply to study, for example, e-mail use in isolation. A related point is that the value of a new tool must be assessed over time and in a broader context of a person’s various PIM activities.

A personal information manager (PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer. As an information management tool, a PIM’s purpose is to facilitate the recording, tracking, and management of certain types of “personal information”. Personal information can include any of the following:

Personal notes/journal

Address books

Lists (including task lists)

Significant calendar dates

Birthdays

Anniversaries

Appointments and meeting

Reminders

Email, instant message archives

Fax communications, voicemail

Project management features

RSS/Atom feeds

Some PIM software products are capable of synchronizing data with another PIM over a computer network (including mobile ad-hoc networks, or MANETs). This feature usually does not allow for continuous, concurrent data updates, but rather enables point-in-time updating between different computers, including desktop computers, laptop computers, and personal digital assistants.