Management information system

The business application of Management Information System has expanded significantly over the years. Technology advances have increased both the availability and volume of information for managers and the decision makers for both planning and execution. Decision makers require information to assess and monitor performance at all levels of the organisation. The new role focused on developing business applications that provide end users with predefined management reports that would give decision makers the information they need for the execution. The information availability at a faster rate of computing gives the top executives an easy way to get the critical information. The available information is used for strategic planning, increased productivity, reducing service cycles, reducing product development cycles, reducing marketing life cycles, increasing the understanding of customer's needs, facilitating business and process re-engineering. The development of sound MIS is the result of effective implementation and enforcement of a culture system ownership.