Development of mis
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The document discusses the importance of developing long-range and short-range plans for managing information systems (MIS) within an organization. It states that information should be recognized as a major resource like capital and managed appropriately through planning and control. A long-range MIS plan provides direction for systems development over time and helps achieve specific targets, while a short-range plan allows for a flexible system that can adapt to changing information needs and provide new required information. The document also mentions that a system development life cycle is needed.
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Development of mis
- 2. DEVELOPMENT OF MIS Any kind of business activity calls for long range plans for success, the same being true for MIS. The plan for development and its implementation is a basic necessity for MIS. In MIS the information is recognized as a major resource like capital, time and capacity. And if this resource is to be managed well, it calls upon the management to plan for it and control it for the appropriate use in the organization. Most of the organizations do not recognize `Information' as a resource.
- 3. Contents of the MIS Plan Long range Plan: A long range MIS plan provides direction for the development of the systems, and provides a basis for achieving the specific targets or tasks against a time frame. The plan would have the following contents which will be dealt by the designer under a support from the top management.
- 5. Contents of the MIS Plan Short range plan: We need a Management Information System flexible enough to deal with the changing information needs of the organization. It should be conceived as an open system continuously interacting with the business environment with a built-in mechanism to provide the desired information as per the new requirements of the management.
- 7. System Development Life Cycle