A Management Information System (MIS) performs transactional processing and sup plies information to organizational manage ment for planning and decision making. It is suggested that the MIS administrator should be concerned with the system's cost effectiveness, completeness, and degree of use. The amount of training of MIS users and the necessity for a dynamic system are discussed. When implementing a new MIS, the administrator should concentrate on using good organizational politics, should avoid computer jargon, and should encourage organizational personnel involvement in planning. The MIS should be built on existing data processing structures, and the MIS administrator should be very care ful about data accessibility and security.
['Hubert E. Dunsmore']
Some practical considerations for management information systems