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 ...

An information management system collects and manages data that is stored in a variety of formats and makes it accessible to the people who need it. Often, a small business needs only to manage office ...

The purpose of a management information system, often referred to simply as MIS, is to help executives of an organization make decisions that advance the organization's goals. An effective MIS ...

Numerous firms experience rapid changes in information needs in today's dynamic business environments. Many of the traditional Systems development life-cycle (SDLC) approaches to Systems design do not ...

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 ...