MIS Plan is Linked to the Business Plan
MIS goals and objectives: It is necessary to develop the
goals and objectives for the MIS which will support the business goals. The MIS
goals and objectives will consider management philosophy, policy constraints,
business risks, internal and external environment of the organization and the
business.
The goals and the objectives of the MIS would be so stated
that they can be measured.
The typical statements of the goals are as under:
- Provide
on-line information on the stocks, markets and the accounts balances.
- The
query processing should not exceed more than three seconds.
- The
focus of the system will be on the end user computing and access facilities.
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Information support will be the first in the strategic areas of management such
as marketing or service or technology.
Table: Business Plan versus MIS Plan
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Business Plan
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MIS Plan
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Business goals and
objectives.
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Management information
system, objectives, consistent to the business goals and objectives.
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Business plan and
strategy
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Information strategy for
the business plan implementation playing a supportive role.
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Strategy planning and
decisions.
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Architecture of the
Management Information system to support decisions.
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Management Plan for
execution and control.
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System development
schedule, matching the plan execution.
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Operation plan for the
execution.
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Hardware and software
plan for the procurement and the implementation.
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Such statements of the goals and objectives enable the
designer to set the direction and design implementation strategies for the MIS.
Strategy for the plan achievement: The designer has to take a
number of strategic decisions for the achievement of the MIS goals and
objectives. They are:
a.
Development strategy: An online, a batch, a real
time.
b.
System Development Strategy: An approach to the
system development – Operational versus Functional; Accounting versus Analysis;
Database versus Conventional Approach; Distributed versus Decentralized
processing; one Database versus Multiple database SSAD vs. OOT.
c.
Resource for System Development: In-house versus
external, customized development versus the use of packages.
