| Summary: | D.Ed. === The investment in a computerised administrative system has become a common phenomenon at educational institutions. With the development of Coltech, a computerised administrative system for technical colleges, administration at colleges changed dramatically. This system held the promise of reduced administrative work for staff. The current application of the system still reflects the above-mentioned point of departure. Many educational leaders do not realise that the value of the system surpasses the mere administrative application as it is found today. The data contained within the system can be applied fruitfully during daily management of a technical college at the strategic, tactical and operational level. The quality of decision-making can be influenced directly by means of timeous and quality information being readily available to management. Management,however, currently tends to manage without using this valuable resource. The research question and related aim of this research is to determine how a computerised administrative system, (such as Coltech), as a basis for a management information system, can contribute to managerial decision-making at technical colleges. It is generally accepted that there is a direct link between information management on the one hand, and administration and administrative management on the other. The link is found in the information which flows directly from the activities known as administration. Areas such as personnel, students, external community, finance, education and curriculum as well as physical facilities need to be administered and managed to transform the data in the database to information. The transformation of data to information will provide management with the information they need to make quality decisions
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