INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS: (Text and Cases)

by HAREKRISHNA MISRA

Overview

Management Information Systems (MIS) has fast emerged as a multi-disciplinary area with strategic interfaces to achieve organisational objectives. This comprehensive book discusses the underlying principles of business and development organisations, identifies their core areas and prescribes approaches to develop MIS. The book is divided into five parts: Part I Understanding Organizations for MIS deals with organisational issues and focuses on the rationale behind creating organisations, especially business and development organisations, to understand their distinguishing features. Part II Systems Approach to Organizations covers conceptualisation, identification, design and development of an Information System (IS) for the organisation in order to have better systems in place to support organisational goals. Part III Understanding MIS discusses the relevance of MIS in organisations and the forms it can take to meet the strategic needs of the respective organisations. Part IV Understanding Information Technologies describes possible approaches to plan, identify and deploy ICT in the acquiring organisations and provides insight into the barriers that creep in during identification and deployment of IS and ICT keeping in view the organisational objectives. Part V Planning and Implementation of MIS concludes with a discussion on preparation of MIS plan and issues related to its implementation. The book is intended for postgraduate students of management specializing in rural management and IT.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788120347960
Publisher:	PHI Learning
Publication date:	06/03/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

HAREKRISHNA MISRA, PhD, is Professor, IT and Information Systems Group, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat. He has authored a book and published many articles in reputed journals. A member of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and Association of Information Systems, USA, Professor Misra has more than 30 years of industrial and academic experience in the field of ICT. His research interests include software engineering, e-governance, ICT for development, and ICT-enabled value chain in rural enterprises.

Table of Contents

Preface<br /> Introduction An Overview of MIS<br /> <strong>Part I—Understanding Organizations for MIS</strong> <br /> Chapter 1<strong>      </strong>Understanding Business Organizations               <br /> Chapter 2      Understanding Development Organizations<br /> Chapter 3      Organizational Management and Control: Commonality in Business and Development Organizations<br /> <strong>Part II—Systems Approach to Organizations</strong> <br /> Chapter 4<strong>      </strong>Systems Approach to Organizations<br /> Chapter 5      Managing Data and Information <br /> Chapter 6      Information System Evolution and Modelling<br /> Chapter 7      Information System (Identification, Design and Development) <br /> Chapter 8      Information System Quality    <br /> <strong>Part III—Understanding MIS</strong> <br /> Chapter 9<strong>      </strong>MIS—Its Organization                              <br /> Chapter 10   Forms of MIS             <br /> Chapter 11   Architecture of MIS                   <br /> <strong>Part IV—Understanding Information Technologies</strong> <br /> Chapter 12<strong>   </strong>Understanding and Planning Information Technologies (Hardware, Software and Databases)                       <br /> Chapter 13   Understanding and Planning Information Technologies (Network and Communication)        <br /> Chapter 14   Planning Information Technologies Infrastructure<br /> <strong>Part V—Planning and Implementation of MIS</strong> <br /> Chapter 15<strong>   </strong>Planning MIS              <br /> Chapter 16   Implementation of MIS            <br /> Index