Information systems for modern management

This classic text explores MIS development from the manager/user's perspective. Comprehensive in scope, it covers topics such as: Management, Information, and Systems and how these three areas are merged into an effective management information system; computer-related concepts necessary to participate in today's information-bound business environment; theory and practice of planning, designing and implementing an MIS; control of and through MIS; and decision-making as influenced by computers, management information systems, and data bases.Contents:I. MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS_The Meaning and Role of Management Information Systems. Management, Organizational Theory, and the Systems Approach. What the Manager Should Know about Computer Systems. Database Management. Information Systems for Decision Making. II. PLANNING FOR, DESIGNING, AND IMPLEMENTING THE MIS_ Strategic and Project Planning for MIS. Conceptual System Design. Detailed System Design. Implementation, Evaluation, and Maintenance of the MIS. Pitfalls in MIS Development. III. ADVANCED CONCEPTS_Systems Concepts and Control. Management Science and Systems Modeling for MIS. IV. CASE STUDIES_International Medical Instruments, Inc., Development of an MIS for Field Office Managers of the Northwestern Insurance Company. IMI Staff Assignment. Johnson Enterprises. Index.