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A '''management information system''' ('''MIS''') is a subset of the overall [[internal control]]s of a business covering the application of people, documents, technologies, and procedures by [[management accountant]]s to solve business problems such as costing a product, service or a business-wide strategy. Management information systems are distinct from regular information systems in that they are used to analyze other information systems applied in operational activities in the organization.<ref name=obrien>{{cite book |last=O’Brien |first=J |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Management Information Systems – Managing Information Technology in the Internetworked Enterprise |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year=1999 |month= |publisher=Irwin McGraw-Hill |location=Boston |isbn=0071123733 }}</ref> Academically, the term is commonly used to refer to the group of information management methods tied to the automation or support of human decision making, e.g. [[Decision Support System]]s, [[Expert system]]s, and [[Executive information system]]s.<ref name=obrien/>

It has been described as, "MIS 'lives' in the space that intersects technology and business. MIS combines tech with business to get people the information they need to do their jobs better/faster/smarter. Information is the lifeblood of all organizations - now more than ever. MIS professionals work as [[systems analyst]]s, [[project manager]]s, [[systems administrator]]s, etc., communicating directly with staff and management across the organization." <ref> http://www.sjsu.edu/isystems/ </ref>

== Overview ==
At the start, in businesses and other organizations, internal reporting was made manually and only periodically, as a by-product of the accounting system and with some additional statistic(s), and gave limited and delayed information on management performance.

In their infancy, business computers were used for the practical business of computing the payroll and keeping track of accounts payable and accounts receivable As applications were developed that provided managers with information about sales, inventories, and other data that would help in managing the enterprise, the term "MIS" arose to describe these kinds of applications. Today, the term is used broadly in a number of contexts and includes (but is not limited to): decision support systems, resource and people management applications, project management and database retrieval application.

==Definition==
An 'MIS' is a planned system of the collecting, processing, storing and disseminating data in the form of information needed to carry out the functions of management. In a way it is a documented report of the activities those were planned and executed. According to [[Philip Kotler]] "A marketing information system consists of people, equipment, and procedures to gather, sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute needed, timely, and accurate information to marketing decision makers."
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The terms ''MIS'' and ''[[information system]]'' are often confused. Information systems include systems that are not intended for decision making. The area of study called MIS is sometimes referred to, in a restrictive sense, as [[information technology management]]. That area of study should not be confused with [[computer science]]. [[IT service management]] is a practitioner-focused discipline. MIS has also some differences with [[Enterprise Resource Planning]] (ERP) as ERP incorporates elements that are not necessarily focused on decision support.

Professor [[Allen S Lee|Allen S. Lee]] states that ''"...research in the information systems field examines more than the technological system, or just the social system, or even the two side by side; in addition, it investigates the phenomena that emerge when the two interact."'' <ref>
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|id= |url= |format= |accessdate= |nopp= true }} </ref>.

== See also ==
* [[Bachelor of Computer Information Systems]]
* [[Computing]]
* [[Management]]
* [[Business Intelligence]]
* [[Business Performance Management]]
* [[Business rules]]
* [[Data Mining]]
** [[Predictive analytics]]
** [[Purchase order request]]
* [[Enterprise Information System]]
* [[Enterprise Architecture]]
* [[Information technology governance]]
* [[Information technology management]]
* [[Knowledge management]]
* [[Management by objectives]]
* [[Online analytical processing]]
* [[Online office suite]]
* [[Information Technology]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos258.htm Computer and Information Systems Managers] (U.S. Department of Labor)
* [http://lamp.infosys.deakin.edu.au/journals/ Index of Information Systems Journals]
* [http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/resources/ism_web.html MIS Web sites] ([[Bournemouth University]])
* [http://www.chris-kimble.com/Courses/mis/mis_links.html MIS Links] ([[University of York]])
* [http://www.chris-kimble.com/Research/Executive-Information-Systems.html Executive Information Systems: Minimising the risk of development]

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