A man-made information system will be any collective circuit or system that collects, processes, stores and maintains information for a particular use. These information systems will be made up of hardware, software, technology and people.
A common misconception revolved around information systems is that they are made up entirely of computers and technology. However - people or staff are equally as important to the system if it wants to operate correctly and efficiently.
A good example of this would be something that is known as a Management Information System or MIS for short. An MIS is a collection of people, processes and resources that are used together in order to help managers and senior members of staff to make effective decisions.
To give you an example in context, you could consider a school. The MIS system of this school will operate to give the head teacher and members of the school council the information they need to make effective decisions.
It will be made up of both internal and external sections. Internal sections include the school register and the school database. Whereas the external sections will include Government statistics, local council statistics, parents and guardians of the children attending the school
Information from these sources is then collected, processed and stored by the school secretary staff on computers using specially designed software package. This is then presented to and manipulated by the senior members of staff to help that make the decisions that will best benefit the school.
A common misconception revolved around information systems is that they are made up entirely of computers and technology. However - people or staff are equally as important to the system if it wants to operate correctly and efficiently.
A good example of this would be something that is known as a Management Information System or MIS for short. An MIS is a collection of people, processes and resources that are used together in order to help managers and senior members of staff to make effective decisions.
To give you an example in context, you could consider a school. The MIS system of this school will operate to give the head teacher and members of the school council the information they need to make effective decisions.
- Internal and external sections
It will be made up of both internal and external sections. Internal sections include the school register and the school database. Whereas the external sections will include Government statistics, local council statistics, parents and guardians of the children attending the school
- What happens to this data?
Information from these sources is then collected, processed and stored by the school secretary staff on computers using specially designed software package. This is then presented to and manipulated by the senior members of staff to help that make the decisions that will best benefit the school.
