cite one manual working procedure that you wish to propose a computerized information system. Further, describe how this system should function and ho

cite one manual working procedure that you wish to propose a computerized information system. Further, describe how this system should function and how can this help the employees and the customers.

In my department, I wish to propose a computerized patient information in the General Santos City Hospital. Everytime the patient's relative will inquire patient's room number and whose the medical officer attended to the patient, in just one click, the information will come out. If the patient would like to get his/her billing statement, he may not go to the billing section to ask but he may just go to patient information area in the hospital where computers are available only for patients. This would be very convenient in the part of the patient since they may know their billing account any time of the day, since billing section in our hospital is open from 8am to 5pm only. This is also more convenient to the employees, since lesser work in their part.

Question No. 3 Justify/ contradict those trends by citing examples

In the first trend of MIS, i definitely agree that users are more knowledgeable. Just for example, the company X would like to know the exact product design of their competitor, in just a moment they can access the product design of company Y (competitor), and it made easier and cheaper than going through the inside of the competitor. Also this applies that the company X would not require more number of personnel since one to two can do.

In terms of connectivity, more and more people now using the internet and million of companies not just local but worldwide are informing their services and product through internet. The accessibility in just one click away from the other side of the world if you wish.

I agree that MIS is becoming one of the primary means of increasing productivity since one is more efficient because the lesser effort, time, money and resources exerted yet, the outcome will be double or higher than a company without a MIS.

For example of MIS is becoming integral to the decision making process, if company X would like to know on how to develop a product. They can look to thier competitor's product to the available display on the web. So after evaluating and thorough discussion with the product development department, the gathered info will be useful in making the decision now, on what aspect in a certain product must be developed.

It is useful in companies as a competitive strategy since they will be given information to their competitors, and by that, they can formulate steps on how to be go over thier competitors. Example in a cellphone company, if company Y would like to be more upgraded to company X, then the information they gather from web will be their tools in evaluating other products. After they evaluate it, they will see on how to improve the product of others by making thier own product more advance, friendly user, more features available and at reasonable price than competitors.

Question 2

How can the manager and employees make use of information as a strategic/competitive advantage over other competitors?

it is more advantageous if the manager and employees have the right and enough information at hand. This can be used for advancement the management in side of the managers, and as an edge to the side of employees. They can use the informations by making the organization more advance, stylistic, innovative and more trendy if they will use the information over their competitors.

Also, the managers and employees can make use of the information as their guide to be more competitive, productive and effective in the world of competition. The information will provide them more ideas in order to formulate more output better than their competitors.

Activity No. 1

my comment/feedback on the most striking idea about MIS.

I was very much interested on the concept of management information system, and I appreciate it more right now. It would be a great help to any organization or company who will be implementing and adopting this kind of system. Since it is broadly to a computer- based system that provides managers with the tools in organizing, evaluating and running their departments efficiently, so life would be LIGHTER and EASIER.

This will help individuals specially those people who are computer-based life to enjoy more their capability to access the world.

management information system (MIS)

Management Information Systems (MIS) is a general name for the academic discipline covering the application of people, technologies, and procedures — collectively called Academically, the term is commonly used to refer to the group of information management methods tied to the automation or support of human decision making, e.g. Decision Support De Systems, Expert systems, and Executive information systems. to solve business problems. MIS are distinct from regular information systems in that they are used to analyze other information systems applied in operational activities in the organization.

Background

In their infancy, business computers were used for the practical business of computing the payroll and keeping track of accounts payable and receivable. As applications were developed that provided managers with information about sales, inventories, and other data that would help in managing the enterprise, the term "MIS" arose to describe these kinds of applications. Today, the term is used broadly in a number of contexts and includes (but is not limited to): decision support systems, resource and people management applications, project management, and database retrieval applications.

Definition

There are often confusion between terms MIS and information system. Information systems include systems that are not intended for decision making. MIS is sometimes referred to, in a restrictive sense, as information technology management. That area of study should not be confused with computer science. IT service management is a practitioner-focused discipline. MIS has also some differences with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as ERP incorporates elements that are not necessarily focused on decision support.