Abstract The role of Management I

Abstract

The role of Management Information Systems is described and analyzed in light of its
capability for decision making. Decision making process and its impact on top level management
in a business organization is explained with an emphasis on automated decision making.
Limitations and challenges of MIS are discussed and a set of six recommendations proposed for
increasing the effectiveness of MIS in the decision making process.

Keywords: Information Systems, Transactional Processing Systems, TPS, Management
Information Systems, MIS, Expert Systems