: Management Information System

Paper Code: 
(BBA 307)
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
10.00
Unit I: 
MIS a Framework:

MIS a Framework: Concept, Management, Information, System, MIS definitions, Nature & Scope, Characteristics, Functions, Importance & Limitations, MIS & Use of Computers.
Management Process: Introduction to management, Approaches to management, Functions of the manager, MIS as a support to the management, Management effectiveness, Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Controlling, and MIS: A tool for management process.

8.00
Unit II: 
E-Business Enterprise

E-Business Enterprise: Introduction, Organization of Business in an E-Enterprise, E-Business, E-Commerce, E-Communication, E-Collaboration.
Strategic Management of Business: Concept of Corporate Planning, Essentiality of Strategic Planning, Development of the Business Strategies, Types of Strategies, Short-range Planning, Tools of Planning, Strategic Analysis of Business, Balance Score Card.

9.00
Unit III: 
Information:

Information: Concept, Attributes, Classification (action vs. No-action, recurring vs. Non-recurring information, internal vs. external, strategic, tactical, operational), methods of information collection, Decision-making concept, Simon’s model of decision-making, MIS & decision-making.

8.00
Unit IV: 
Information System for Decision-making

Information System for Decision-making: Classification of MIS (TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS, OAS, BES).
Technology of Information Systems: Introduction, Data Processing, Transaction Processing, Application Processing, Information System Processing, TQM of Information System, Human Factors and user interface, Real Time Systems and Good Design, Case Tools and I-Case, Strategic nature of IT Decision, Evaluation and Feasibility of IT Solutions.
Computer software for information system: Introduction- programming languages, classification of software, role of software in problem solving, criteria for investment in hardware & software.

10.00
Unit V: 
Database Management System

Database Management System: DBMS: Introduction, objectives, database hierarchy, data duplication, data inconsistency, lack of data integration, data dependence, program dependence, databases, objectives, advantages, disadvantages, database structure, definition of DML and DDL.
Introduction to Client Server Architecture.

Essential Readings: 

Case Studies
Essential Reading:
1. Javedkar, W. S., Management Information System, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
2. Kanter, Jerome, Management Information System, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
3. A.K.Gupta, Management Information Systems, S.Chand & Company Ltd.
4. D.P.Goyal, Management Information Systems, Managerial Perspectives (Macmillan)

References: 

Reference books:
1. Mardic, R. G., Ross, J. E. & Clagget, J. R., Information System for modern management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
2. Laudon, Kenneth C. and Laudon P. Jane, Management Information System: Managing the digital firm, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
3. Lucas, Henry C., Information Technology for Management, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi
4. O’Brien, Management Information System

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