Management Information Systems

• Main Author: Furduescu Bogdan-Alexandru
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2017-12-01
• Series: Holistica
• Subjects: MIS purpose and role; MIS objectives; the main components of MIS; advantages and disadvantages of MIS; O15; J28
• Online Access: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hjbpa.2017.8.issue-3/hjbpa-2017-0024/hjbpa-2017-0024.xml?format=INT

Technology is the science that studies processes, methods and operations run or applied onto raw materials, matters or data, in order to obtain a certain product. Information is the material signal able to launch a material reaction of a dynamic auto-tuning system for which the system is conditioned and finalized. Information Technology is the technology needed for handling (procuring, processing, storing converting and transmitting) information, in particular, with the use of computers [Longley, D. & Shain, M. (1985), p. 164]. The importance of IT in the economic growth and development is widely known, taking into account the impact that technology can have on the success and survival, or the failure of the economic activity of enterprises/organizations, IT offering various management information systems (MIS), executive and feedback segments, which all have important and beneficial implications in management and control.