Relevance Of Management Information System In The Achievement Of Organisation Objectives

Relevance Of Management Information System In The Achievement Of Organisation Objectives

Abstract

In recent times there have been a growing concern on operation information as a veritably important resource useful in any association. The consummation of the operation information system( MIS) need isn’t confined to business associations only. The growth and the complexity of enterprises have needed the call and need for effective and effective operation information system. There have been wide spread cases of hamstrung decision- timber, lack of accurate information, which shatter the sweats of an association towards the achievement of thing and objects. The substance of this design is to ascertain whether operation information system has helped to grease decision timber of operation and to determine the extent to which it has enabled the planning, control and functional functions of the organisation to train the standard of effectiveness needed from good operation. Also this work is geared towards assessing the influence of operation information system( MIS) on better operation function to estimate whether it has contributed to the achievement of organizational objects.

Chapter One

Preface

The focus of this exploration study is on the applicability of operation information system( MIS) in the achievement of organizational objects. Information is an necessary resource in every association, be it profit acquainted association. We’re actually in an information period, though association had passed through different period, the manufacturing and artificial period. An association’s conditioning get bettered with timely accurate and material information that helps to make better opinions in every association.

operation information system consists of people, outfit and procedures to gather, sort, dissect, estimate and distribute accurate timely and material information or operation decision makers. The chapter broken down intosub-headings via back ground of the study, statement of problem purpose of the study, compass of the study, exploration thesis exploration questions, significant of all study, limitation of the study and description of terms. Eachsub-heading is discn. Td one after the other below

Background Of The Study

The problem of operation information system( MIS) as an important tool to achieving organizational objects is challenging to directors of any association especially the ultramodern day directors. No organizational can realized its pretensions and ideal without a conscious trouble using a well systematized operation information system, therefore, association are concerned with thing achievement having mustered and allocated coffers including information. The substance of this study is to show the applicability of( MIS) to operation and to ascertain whether it has helped in easing decision timber or operation and to determine the extent to which it has enabled planning, control and functional function of an association.

Planning requires operation information system the directors have to recoup information system is the event of data and ideas and it’s veritably essential to association as in their planning and controlling functions. In terms of achievement of associations objects, accurate information is necessary.

Statement Of Problem

The substance of every exploration undertaking is the break teething and new problems posing serious pitfalls to the life, success and survival of any association, we can as well say that operation information system in its own respect is the life line of an association and it has been extensively used and admit, it’s a veritably sensitive function used by operation.

numerous association have realize their targets with aid of the operation information system and still there’s lack of operation moxie in adequately managing their information system for enhancement although they might have one form of information system or the other, let us state the essential problems that harrow the operation of association like NITEL so as to have a focus as to determine the results by the ends of the work similar essential problems are

. That most associations don’t have effective operation information system and if they have, there information systems aren’t effective as to its part towards pretensions and objective attainment.

2. utmost directors are governed by suspicion and judgment as to what course of action to follow in their planning and decision making function, numerous of them as a matter of fact don’t make use of the information supplied to them from within and outside the association and if they do, to some degree, the admit form the business terrain.

3. There’s also the problem of assessing the impact of operation information system towards the achievement of objects. numerous directors are yet to subsidize and use information for decision timber and pretensions attainment. thus the questing as to whether operation information system enables association achieve their objects has to be addressed in this exploration study.

Objects Of The Study

The purpose of this study is to show the applicability of operation information system to association and to check, if it’s has helped to grease the decision making process of operation of an association. The experimenter also intends to show the impact of operation information on business association, specifically, the purpose of this study include these below

. To find out the extent to which association, have and make use of information system.

2. To ascertain the effectiveness of their information systems and how pretensions and objects are achieved through them.

3. To estimate the problems militating against the operation information system of NITEL Owerri.

4. To estimate the relationship between the applicability of operation information system and organizational objects of NITEL

5. To identify how effective is operation information system and decision making

6. To find out the extent to which association have recommend the most applicable operation information system strategies that would be espoused by them in order to achieve their objects.

Exploration Question

In order to get a clear picture and concentrate for this study were can pose serious questions necessary for the result of the problems we’ve identifies in result1.2 above similar questions include these believe

1. To what extent is operation information system essential to business association?

2. How do operation make use of the information system to achieve their thing and objects?

3. What are the problem militating against the operation information system of NITEL in Owerri?

4. Is there any relationship between operation information system and association objects of NITEL in Owerri.

5. To what extent have association espoused the technological invention of system device like the computer and the internet?

6. To what extent does effective operation information system in NITEL Owerri helps in planning and decision timber?

Exploration Thesis

1. Ho Management information system in NITEL Owerri isn’t effective for planning and decision making

Hi operation information system in NITEL Owerri is effective for planning and decision making

2. Ho Management information system has not been helping the NITEL association to achieve its pretensions and objects

Ho Management information system has been helping the NITEL association to achieve its pretensions and objects

3. Ho There’s no significance relationship between operation information system and association ideal

Hi There’s significance relationship between operation information system and association ideal

Significance Of The Study

i. The following will profit from this exploration work the operation of association( NITEL) owerri and other profit and non profit organisaiton in terms of accurate and material information which will be demanded to make better decision in every association.

ii. To the workers the benefit of this study is to show the most applicable operation information system that will enable them accomplish their duties in the association.

iii. To the government the benefit of this study is to grease decision making to help government to determine the extent to which it’ll enable the planning control and functional functions of the government to attain the standard of effectiveness needed from them.

Iv Eventually to the experimenter, it has been of great senses as it helps make up his knowledge and broaden his understanding of operation information system( MIS) to academicians, it opens up areas where farther exploration work need to be done.

Compass Of The Study

The case study for this undertaking is confined to Nigeria Telecommunication Plc( NITEL) Owerri office. The findings from the study of the applicability of operation information system( MIS) in NITEL Owerri will be used to generalize the effectiveness of operation information system( MIS) in both NITEL branches nation wide other associations making used of information systems.

As the below statement indicates the entire study focuses on NITEL as an instrument of the Federal Government realizing its pretensions of making information and communication network worth while in Nigeria, for effective content of its assignment NITEL overall ideal is to make telecommunication easy both at the original and at the transnational position.

Limitation Of The Study

In an undertaking of this nature it demands that a lot of resource time, energy, intellectual capability and carefulness should be expended, there’s no mistrustfulness that there should be limitations and handicap brewing largely ahead, trying to prove difficulties of all the limitations is time factor which tends to be the most pivotal. In malignancy of the lengthy period allowed the experimenter, lots of problems came in between the consume utmost of the time that would have been useful to the experimenter. This ranges from time to fiscal coffers limitations.

Description Of Terms

operation Precisely, operation is defined as the combination of material and mortal coffers to achieve pretensions, according to Mauser and Schwartx( 1979) according to Agu et al( 200) operation is defined as the process of achieving an associations pretensions through the coordinated performance of six specific function planning, association, communication, controlling, staff and motivating.

INFORMATION Information is anything able of affective the query associated with a given situation. Hagues( 1976) Information is also seen as a meaningful input from which decision are made

SYSTEM A system is a means by which an association achieve its pretensions. It could also be seen as an established or organized procedure or a system. According to Oparah, Chidiebere( et al 2006)

ORGANISATION An association is the internal terrain where business conditioning are carried out. It consists of units with a clear out division of labour and expects employed and trained for different business function, according to Opara Chidiebere et al( 2006)

pretensions Are specific short term and quantitative statement of an association performance target.

objects Are broad and qualitative statements about the associations performance target objects are integral to plans because they specify unborn conditions that the diary deems satisfactory

DATA Simple defined as any figure, word, letter, maps or symbols that essay to convey a condition, situation or idea. AguC.N et al( 2001)

PLANNING Diary has been defined as the process of the association, determining the strategies, programs and procedure that are necessary to achieve the stated objects AguC.N( 2000).