MIS Role in Business
Management Information Systems (MIS) is important because all businesses have a need for information. The task before businesses is to use information and technology as a tool for solving problems, and providing opportunities by increasing productivity and quality.
Information has always been important but it has never been so available, so current, and so overwhelming. Great strides have been made in the collection, storage, and retrieval of information. The challenge remains in the selection, analysis and interpretation of the information to produce useful intelligence that will improve decision making and productivity.
As we approach the end of the century and the millennium, we witness the growing importance of computerized information systems. Increasingly, businesses are realizing the importance of computerized information systems simply to remain competitive.
The MIS department presents a comprehensive curriculum that prepares its students to use information technology as a business enabler. Special emphasis is given to team project assignments that make use of the system development life cycle systemic and orderly approach to solving business problems, and developing and supporting resulting information systems.
