I'm preparing a presentation on Management Information Systems (MIS).Please help immediately.?
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Management information system\n\n\nAs an area of study it is commonly referred to as information technology management. The study of information systems is usually a commerce and business administration discipline, and frequently involves software engineering, but also distinguishes itself by concentrating on the integration of computer systems with the aims of the organization. The area of study should not be confused with computer science which is more theoretical in nature and deals mainly with software creation, or computer engineering, which focuses more on the design of computer hardware.\n\nIn business, information systems support business processes and operations, decision-making, and competitive strategies.\n\nThe functional support role\nIt can also be called Data Base Management System wherein maximum utilization in an efficient manner based on the organisational needs is obtained by analyzing, processing and referenceing of Data Base. Not only for the business, but for all kinds of organisations such as Disaster Management Organisation for using it as Disaster Management Information System.\n\nBusiness processes and operations support function are the most basic. They involve collecting, recording, storing, and basic processing of data. Information systems support business processes and operations by:\n\nrecording and storing accounting records including sales data, purchase data, investment data, and payroll data. \nprocessing such records into financial statements such as income statements, balance sheets, ledgers, and management reports, etc. \nrecording and storing inventory data, work in process data, equipment repair and maintenance data, supply chain data, and other production/operations records \nprocessing these operations records into production schedules, production controllers, inventory systems, and production monitoring systems \nrecording and storing such human resource records as personnel data, salary data, and employment histories, \nprocessing these human resources records into employee expense reports, and performance based reports \nrecording and storing market data, customer profiles, customer purchase histories, marketing research data, advertising data, and other marketing records \nprocessing these marketing records into advertising elasticity reports, marketing plans, and sales activity reports \nrecording and storing business intelligence data, competitor analysis data, industry data, corporate objectives, and other strategic management records \nprocessing these strategic management records into industry trends reports, market share reports, mission statements, and portfolio models \nThe bottom line is that the information systems use all of the above to implement, control, and monitor plans, strategies, tactics, new products, new business models or new business ventures.\n\nThe decision support role\nThe business decision-making support function goes one step further. It becomes an integral part -- even a vital part -- of decision -making. It allows users to ask very powerful "What if…?" questions: What if we increase the price by 5%? What if we increase price by 10%? What if we decrease price by 5%? What if we increase price by 10% now, then decrease it by 5% in three months? It also allows users to deal with contingencies: If inflation increases by 5% (instead of 2% as we are assuming), then what do we do? What do we do if we are faced with a strike or a new competitive threat? An organization succeeds or fails based on the quality of its decisions. The enhanced ability to explore "what if" questions is central to analyzing the likely results of possible decisions and choosing those most likely to shape the future as desired. "Business decision-making support function" is a phrase likely to quicken the pulse of no one but an accountant, but, in fact, it is all about turning wonderful dreams into solid realities.\n\nTetova ...\n\nThe communication decisi
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the database + the management softwares
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Complete Guidelines to Design Your Training Plan:\nhttp://www.managementhelp.org/trng_dev/gen_plan.htm
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Every step you need to take is listed here. It's very long or I would have pasted it here.\nhttp://www.managementhelp.org/strt_org/s...
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That's a good question.  I am an applied information technology student and have friends who are studying Management information systems.  I think that Information systems refers to the solutions already put in place to make work easier and improve efficiency.  For instance an MIS major isn't expected to re-invent the wheel when they join an IT department.  On the other hand information technology teaches you about computing from a practical and vantage point of view.  You see the problems and suggest solutions.  Solutions that you will implement and someone with a background in information systems will take over and work on daily.  For instance, a bus company like greyhound writes tickets by hand.  the information technology guy says no we should use a database, he designs and implements it and then an information system worker comes in to maintain and do the daily activities the database needs to function.\n\nI hope this answers your question.
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Reading books (some have little chips now)\nGreeting cards (some have little chips now)\nPin-hole camera (cameras with chips)\nClocks/watches\nWeight scales (digital)\n\nYou can surf the internet to get images which can be included in your slides.\n\nTo have a great presentation you need to address the following:\n\n1) Do not have too much information on a slide. You want a person to look at a slide and get a general idea so that when you expand on the idea using speech they are not distracted by reading lots of information from the slide at the same time.\n\n2) Make it interesting and keep it simple (one idea, one slide) - One-liner jokes are good but you have to be careful you dont offend anyone. Also, too many will kill it as you are not there in the capacity of a comedian.  \n\n3) Practice looking at everyone as you go through your presentation. Make them feel you are speaking to each one personally.\n\n4) Practice a few times in front of family or friends and ask for feedback. This will help you with your timing. You will not rush as you will be comfortable since you practiced.\n\nGood luck with your project.
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Check this out:\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnvideodev.mspx
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Here is a good article from a respected resource, Inc magazine. There are a ton of other topics you may find helpful as well.\n\nhttp://www.inc.com/articles/2000/03/17912.html\n\nGood luck.
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microsoft encarta or wikipedia... ;p
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Download free bittorrent software, and then have a look into http://www.isohunt.com/ then do a search for "management engineer". You might not get the exact book, but there are many other titles.\n\nHope it helps.\n\n----------------------------------------------\nLearn the basics for work from home\nhttp://www.probuz.com
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You may like to visit following link to obtain all necessary stuff for your presentation...\n\nhttp://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplesik/Policies_Procedures_Guidelines_Forms_Samples_IK.htm
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Try Keller Graduate School of Management... They have an IS Management program.
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I suggest the following seminar topics on the computer.\n\n(1) If the discussion is about the usefulness and the nuissances of the computer, the topic, which can suit is:\n"Computer, a boon or bane of the modern world".\nHere bane is used for nuissance.\n\n(2) If the discussion is about the ideal performances, the topic can be:\n"Is Computer taking place of the human brains?"\n\n(3) If the discussion will be merely on the technology, the topic can be:\n"Brainy Computers for the next generations"
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look into the manual of the msn\n\n:> peace\n.
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You have asked a huge question that cannot be answered succintly in a small forum such as this.\n\nTake a look at these slide shows to familiarize yourself with basic management principles:\n\nhttp://www.csupomona.edu/~wcweber/301/301slide/
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Stay on Top-ic\nHow would you like to prepare a presentation in half the time and with better results? Do you think this is possible?\n\nIt's all a question of getting organized, even for a one page paper, or a 10 minute presentation. There is a basic technique which works well for the preparation of many presentations, reports or articles:\n\nChoice of topic, brainstorming, research on the Internet and in libraries etc., sorting, table of contents with chapter headings; key words for the chapters; writing the chapters; conclusion; thinking of more interesting headings or a better title. \n\nThis principle is valid for the preparation of both, spoken and written presentations.\n\n1 The Topic\nFirst you need a topic. If the topic is not given, you can use a working topic at first and find a more attractive one later, e.g., working topic,  How One Can Use a Towel.\n\n2 Brainstorming and Research\nWrite down all ideas for the topic which come to your mind, without judging them. Have fun with it, be inventive, creative, even silly. E.g. for drying skin, body, ink; for making a sun roof; for cleaning the floor, the car, the sofa; for carrying laundry or other things in it; for playing a trick on the teacher; for making a jacket; for filtering water, etc. Research all possible sources, make notes.\n\n3 Sort\nSort out the ideas from your research notes and your brainstorming you want to consider, e.g. drying things; carrying things etc. You may not want "playing a trick on the teacher." You may want to limit your ideas to very few examples, if you want to write a brief report or article.\n\n4 Make a Table of Contents\nThe general order is:\nA Introduction, \nB Main chapters or main paragraphs,\nC Conclusions. \n\nNote down in key words the thoughts, ideas and facts you want to place in each section of the table of contents. This helps you to avoid unnecessary repetitions. Do not start to write the introduction or the chapters, before you have the table of contents.\n\nExample: I once saw a book with excellent material, but the writer had not made a table of contents before he started writing. The result was that he repeated the same thoughts in different words all over his book, which is boring to the reader. To repair the repetitions, when the book is done, is hard, hard work and sometimes impossible. It is much easier and better to do the table of contents and then start writing. When writing books, the table of contents may sometimes change in sequence while writing the chapters.\n\n5 Introduction\nE.g. ask a thought provoking question as introduction for a report: Is a towel merely good for drying the skin? Yet, do not give the real answer here, but later. Or give a funny answer. \n\nOr state a problem you have come across, e.g.: There are people having too many towels, these could serve others, who need them, in many ways. \n\nIn the introduction, you have to get the attention of your audience or readers! Be thought provoking, funny or original: Today, I wanted to tell you about my towel I wore on my head (everybody may wonder what this is all about).\n\n6 Main Chapters or Main Paragraphs, Headings\nChapter 1 - Towels in the House\nChapter 2 - Towels on the Beach\nChapter 3 - Towels on Boats\nChapter 4 - Towels in Space Crafts\netc. \nE.g. you want to cover the towel colors in Chapter 2, the quality of towels in Chapter 3, and the size of towels in Chapter 4, instead of a more tiring approach to cover all three thoughts in every chapter.\n\nRethink Topic\nIn the end, you may sometimes want to formulate the headings for these chapters or paragraphs with more variations. Instead of saying "Towels in....," "Towels on....," you may say, "Beach Towels," or, "Is there Space for Towels in Space Crafts?"\n\n7 Conclusions\nHere you summarize what you found and elaborate on it, or you state what you feel is further interesting, e.g. the space for towels in space crafts, if you have not