THE RELEVANCE OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ON THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICE MANAGERS IN SOME SELECTED BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

THE RELEVANCE OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ON THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICE MANAGERS IN SOME SELECTED BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study

The term management information system (MIS) is a relatively recent addition to the vocabulary of management and was widely adopted following the accelerated use of computers in the early 1960s. Prior to that time, electronic data processing (EDP) was the most frequently used term to describe the computer usage. This earlier stage reflects the view that the computer was little more than a fast calculator for large scale, routine, clerical applications which had formerly been done manually. As these computer applications became more complex, hardware storage capacities grew and technology improved for connecting previously isolated applications. As more and more data were stored and linked, managers sought greater detail as well as greater abstraction with the aim of creating management reports from the raw stores data.

The term “MIS” arose describe such applications providing managers with information about sales, inventories and other data help in managing the enterprise and also improving planning and control of operations needed for effective decision making by managers.
According to the oxford advanced learners dictionary, management can be defined as the cat of running and controlling a business or similar organizations. While information based on the oxford learners dictionary can be seen as facts or details about somebody or something then system is a group of things, pieces of equipment etc that are connected or work together, we can now define MIS as a process by which equipments are connected together in order to provide individuals with information necessary for the upkeep of their organization which can as well be controlled.

Information can be seen as raw data that has been processed into meaningful and useful context that has been processed into meaningful and useful context for specific end users (Brian 2002). This information can also be seen as data shaped into a meaningful form for human being to use. Information which is seen as the backbone and bedrock of any organization may be internal or external depending on the kind of information which would be of use to the organization.

THE RELEVANCE OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ON THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICE MANAGERS IN SOME SELECTED BUSINESS ORGANIZATION