Many companies have entire departments devoted to managing, maintaining and configuring their management information systems. MIS began in the late 1960s and really gained ground in the 1990s. Because ...

As businesses grow out of their start-up period and expand in both size and product or service offerings, their accounting and informational needs change. Most small business start-ups begin with an ...

A management information system (MIS) is a computerized database of financial information organized and programmed in such a way that it produces regular reports on operations for every level of ...

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Financial Management Information Systems (FMIS) support the automation and integration of public financial management processes including budget formulation, execution (e.g. commitment control, ...

Nearly all organizations rely on computer and information technology (IT) to conduct business and to operate efficiently. Computer systems analysts work with specific types of computer systems—for ...

This paper presents a model of the IS applications portfolio and illustrates how its "health" can be assessed through an example from process manufacturing. The health assessment is based on an ...

The paper discusses some implications of the use of management information systems for public policy. A brief description of such systems is presented, including examples. In order to derive probable ...

[This article was first published in Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin, which was then called Army Logistician, volume 3, number 1 (January–February 1971), pages 8–11. The text, including any ...