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Management Information Systems (MIS) · Module 1 of 10

What an information system is

People, processes, data and technology working together.

📖 Key ideas

  1. An information system collects, stores, processes and shares information to support decisions.
  2. It has five parts: hardware, software, data, procedures and people.
  3. Data is raw facts; information is data organised so it means something.
  4. Every business runs information systems, from a billing counter to a bank core system.
  5. MIS is the study of how organisations use these systems to run and manage the business.
💡 Real-life example: Like a college office: forms (data) are collected, staff (people) follow rules (procedures) using computers (hardware, software), and the principal gets a report (information).
DataRaw facts such as numbers and names
InformationData organised to be meaningful
ProcedureSteps people follow to use the system
MISUse of information systems to manage an organisation