MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, PLANNING, AND PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Titel:
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, PLANNING, AND PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Auteur:
Ritch, Stephen Munro, Robert J.
Verschenen in:
Community college journal of research and practice
Paginering:
Jaargang 6 (1982) nr. 2 pagina's 179-186
Jaar:
1982-10
Inhoud:
Management information systems (MIS), originally developed in the areas of accounting, management science, and computer processing, are now being applied to decision-making in educational settings. Definitions of MIS are numerous and often vague, but management systems (as distinguished from other information systems) should promote real-time management, incorporate computer assistance, and support the decision-making process. Real-time management is management that occurs throughout all stages of an activity or program with feedback occurring continuously. Computer assistance is essential to this process, and all activity should be designed to support decision-making. Most community colleges have utilized computers solely in operations functions—payrolls, student records, and financial transactions. MIS can also be successfully utilized to implement administrative decisions and policies (control function), as well as to aid in long-range planning and policy development (management function). The development of complete management information systems that can handle all these administrative areas-management, control, and operations—requires a joint effort of management personnel and systems analysts to identify goals and objectives and to design a system adequate to meet those goals.
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