Decision making based on management information system and decision support system

Information hasbecome an essentialresource for managing modern organizations. This is so because today'sbusiness environment is volatile, dynamic, turbulent and necessitates the burgeoning demand for accurate, relevant, complete, timely and economical information needed to drive the decision-making process in order to accentuate organizational abilities to manage opportunities and threat. MIS work on online mode with an average processing speed. Generally, it is used by low level management. Decision support system are powerful tool that assist corporate executives, administrators and other senior officials in making decision regarding the problem. Management Information Systems is a useful tool that provided organized and summarized information in a proper time to decision makers and enable making accurate decision for managers in organizations. This paper will discuss the concept, characteristics, types of MIS, the MIS model, and in particular it will highlight the impact and role of MIS on decision making. The study found that the dynamic nature of MIS makes it difficult for some organizations to keep up with the principles, strategies, propositions or even ideas. Barry Chris, provide added a new conceptual framework for decision making and information systems development, same as another authors who analyzed the role of MIS in decision making. A framework was developed, combining an analysis of decision making within the systems development life cycle, key models of decision-making and the actors involved in the process of systems development. Barry Chris concludes that a deeper understanding of differing viewpoints on systems development held by actors and other phenomena can be illustrated with the framework.