BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: MIS
- management information system: a computer-based system for collecting, storing, processing, and providing access to information used in the management of an organization. Management information systems evolved from early electronic data processing systems. They support managerial decision making by providing regular structured reports on organizational operations. Management information systems may support the functional areas of an organization such as finance, marketing, or production. Decision support systems and EISs are types of MIS developed for more specific purposes.
Additional Resources
- Draeger Medical selects MIS AG North America for business intelligence solutions; Medical systems and services provider chooses MIS DecisionWare suite to manage budgeting and reporting.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 September 2001-MIS: Draeger Medical selects MIS AG North America for business intelligence solutions; Medical systems and services provider chooses MIS DecisionWare suite to manage budgeting and reporting C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24092001 NEWARK, N.J. -- MIS...
- Research articles 2001-09-24
- MIS Organization And Outsourcing
- In today's dynamic business environment, information plays a key role in achieving success. It enables an organization to proactively prepare for any environmental change. Management Information Systems MIS consist of technology tools and systems that help to acquire, sustain, and proliferate information. Strategic MIS perform the aforesaid functions relating to...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- MIS AG North America names Aberdeen Group analyst to Advisory Board.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 February 2002-MIS AG: MIS AG North America names Aberdeen Group analyst to Advisory Board C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11022002 NEWARK, N.J. -- MIS AG, a leading provider of business intelligence solutions, today announced that industry expert, Robert Bob...
- Research articles 2002-02-11
- MIS AG becomes Official Sponsor of German Heritage Festival at PNC Bank Arts Center; Company`s strong commitment to cultural events and German roots connect it to community.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 August 2001-MIS AG: MIS AG becomes Official Sponsor of German Heritage Festival at PNC Bank Arts Center; Company`s strong commitment to cultural events and German roots connect it to community C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20082001 NEWARK, N.J. --...
- Research articles 2001-08-20
- What Are the Best MIS Programs in U.S. Business Schools?(management information systems)(Statistical Data Included)
- Every year, two popular magazines, Business Week and U.S. News & World Report, publish their respective lists of the best MIS/technology programs. Interestingly, these lists include business schools without MIS faculty and exclude other business schools with exemplary MIS programs. There are many possible explanations for...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- MIS-AG Corrects Earnings Issued Earlier Today
- Business Editors CORRECTION...by MIS AG --BUSINESS WIRE In BW2066, (MIS-AG)(MIX.FK) MIS AG: First-Quarter 2001 Results Beat Forecast, second graph, last line should read xxx Euro -1.72 million (sted Euro -1.72 billion)
- Research articles 2001-05-14
- SMSF the place to hold non-forestry MIS.
- Byline: Karin Derkley Apr 04, 2007 (Independent Financial Adviser - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Investors with holdings in managed investment schemes MIS should hold them within their self-managed superannuation funds SMSF. This is the view of Anthony Abrahams, of Macquarie Bank, who was...
- Research articles 2007-04-04
- Trialogue - MIS's role increases as PC networks proliferate in organizations - Ed.Note - editorial
- Trialogue One of the interesting phenomena of the 1980s was the proliferation of Mips onto desktops, accompanied by a continued dissolution of MIS authority. Somewhere along the way, MIS lost its secure grip on the charter as guardian and custodian of all information assets. However, many believe MIS'...
- Research articles 1990-12-01
- Vice President, MIS Job Description
- The Vice President, MIS job description template includes the following job summary: Plans, directs, and manages the MIS Department in order to ensure the development and implementation of cost-effective systems and efficient computer operations to meet current and future decision making requirements. As a corporate officer, the incumbent provides companywide...
- Tools & templates 2007-09-09
- Equifax Forms Alliance With VNU MIS Precision Marketing Group; Long Term Strategic Cross-Licensing Agreement Signed
- ATLANTA and NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 15, 1997--Equifax and VNU Marketing Information Services VNU MIS, leading providers of marketing information products, today announced a long- term strategic marketing and cross-licensing agreement linking VNU MIS and Equifax for the next decade. This announcement follows an earlier one by VNU to acquire...
- Research articles 1997-05-15
- Microsoft folds enterprise MIS into Exchange. (News).
- Microsoft Corp. will discontinue its enterprise Mobile Information Server product by next year, a move that comes only a few short weeks after the company released its MIS 2002 product with much fanfare at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. Microsoft Corp....
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- NASCAR Fan to Win Chance to ``Begin the Batman Begins 400 at MIS''; Chance-of-a-Lifetime Promotion Will Put Green Flag in the Hands of a Fan
- RICHMOND, Va. -- Gotham City will meet the Motor City when the Batmobile takes to the track at Michigan International Speedway for the Batman Begins 400 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race on June 19. Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC Comics, and Michigan International Speedway MIS announced today that...
- Research articles 2005-05-13
- EDS Hires Bank MIS Staff To Be Cut Post-Merger.
- Plano, Texas-based EDS has stepped in with jobs for nearly 100 Bank One and First Commerce MIS employees in Louisiana, whose positions were earmarked for termination after the two banks merged. Plano, Texas-based EDS has stepped in with jobs for nearly 100 Bank ...
- Research articles 1998-11-01
- Xerox and Efi aim to add MIS to front ends
- Xerox and Efi are to collaborate in the integration of digital press front ends with MIS systems. The move comes as the version of Efi's Fiery Rip is released for the Xerox IGen3. This has been tested in a number of sites and is now a commercial release a ...
- Research articles 2004-07-08
- ABC's of Print MIS.(MISCELLANEOUS)
- EFI has published the "ABC's of Print MIS," a 48-page, full-color handbook that provides details of the components of a print management system. It then delves into how each area of the print process can benefit from better management too EFI has published the...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Thomson Financial buys MIS Banking Systems.
- Thomson Financial has acquired MIS Banking Systems, a privately held, London-based firm that provides securities data processing and fixed-income systems to the European and Asian financial markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, writes France Thomson Financial has acquired MIS Banking Systems, a privately ...
- Research articles 2001-07-16
- Citigroup systems set mis-selling precedent.(lack of compliance and legal safeguards)
- IFAs could reduce exposure to mis-selling fines by installing compliance software, according to a leading cyber-crime QC. IFAs could reduce exposure to mis-selling fines by installing compliance software, according to a leading cyber-crime QC.
- Research articles 2005-07-21
- News: FSA fines DTWM oe750,000 in pensions mis-selling review.(Financial Services Authority)(Deloitte & Touche Wealth Management)(Brief Article)
- Deloitte & Touche Wealth Management DTWM, the financial adviser arm of the large business services firm, has been fined GBP750,000 by the regulator in relation to the pensions mis-selling review, despite only failing to offer compensation to ni Deloitte & Touche Wealth Management DTWM, the financial...
- Research articles 2004-02-02
- CA backs FSAs mis-selling call.(the Consumers Association welcomes the FSAs call to consumers who think they may have been missold their endowment mortgage)(Brief Article)
- The Consumers Association has welcomed the FSAs call to consumers who think they may have been mis-sold their endowment mortgage, to complain and called on consumers to follow the FSAs advice. Sheila Mckechnie, director of the Consumers ... The Consumers Association has welcomed the FSAs call...
- Research articles 2003-01-30
- News: Prudential rejects claims of mis-selling pension top-ups to teachers.
- The Prudential is standing its ground over claims from teachers that it mis- sold them pension top-ups despite a flood of complaints to the ombudsman. The Prudential is standing its ground over claims from teachers that it mis- sold them pension top-ups despite a...
- Research articles 2004-12-06
