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Relevance Of Management Information System In The Achievement Of Organisation Objectives
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1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
i.
The following will benefit from this research work the management of
organization (NITEL) owerri and other profit and non profit organisaiton
in terms of accurate and pertinent information which will be needed to
make better decision in every organization.
ii. To the employees the
benefit of this study is to show the most appropriate management
information system that will enable them carryout their duties in the
organization.
iii. To the government the benefit of this study is to
facilitate decision making to help government to determine the extent to
which it will enable the planning control and operational functions of
the government to attain the standard of efficiency required from them.
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Finally to the researcher, it has been of great significances as it
helps build up his knowledge and broaden his understanding of management
information system (MIS) to academicians, it opens up areas where
further research work need to be done.
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The
case study for this undertaking is restricted to Nigeria
Telecommunication Plc (NITEL) Owerri office. The findings from the study
of the relevance of management information system (MIS) in NITEL Owerri
will be used to generalize the effectiveness of management information
system (MIS) in both NITEL branches nation wide other organizations
making used of information systems.
As the above statement indicates
the entire study focuses on NITEL as an instrument of the Federal
Government realizing its goals of making information and communication
network worth while in Nigeria, for effective coverage of its assignment
NITEL overall objective is to make telecommunication easy both at the
local and at the international level.
1.8 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
In
an undertaking of this nature it demands that a lot of resource time,
energy, intellectual ability and carefulness should be expended, there
is no doubt that there should be limitations and obstacle looming
largely ahead, trying to prove difficulties of all the limitations is
time factor which tends to be the most crucial. In spite of the lengthy
period allowed the researcher, lots of problems came in between the
consume most of the time that would have been useful to the researcher.
This ranges from time to financial resources limitations.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
MANAGEMENT:
Precisely, management is defined as the combination of material and
human resources to achieve goals, according to Mauser and Schwartx
(1979) according to Agu et al (200) management is defined as the process
of achieving an organizations goals through the coordinated performance
of six specific function planning, organization, communication,
controlling, staff and motivating.
INFORMATION: Information is
anything capable of affective the uncertainty associated with a given
situation. Hagues (1976): Information is also seen as a meaningful input
from which decision are made
SYSTEM: A system is a means by which an
organization achieve its goals. It could also be seen as an established
or organized procedure or a method. According to Oparah, Chidiebere (et
al 2006)
ORGANISATION: An organization is the internal environment
where business activities are carried out. It consists of units with a
clear out division of labour and expects employed and trained for
different business function, according to Opara Chidiebere et al (2006)
GOALS: Are specific short term and quantitative statement of an organization performance target.
OBJECTIVES:
Are broad and qualitative statements about the organizations
performance target objectives are integral to plans because they specify
future conditions that the planner deems satisfactory
DATA: Simple
defined as any figure, word, letter, charts or symbols that attempt to
convey a condition, situation or idea. Agu C.N et al (2001)
PLANNING:
Planner has been defined as the process of the organization,
determining the strategies, policies and procedure that are necessary to
achieve the stated objectives Agu C.N (2000).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]In recent times there have been a growing concern on management information as a very important resource useful in any organization. The realization of the management information system (MIS) need is not restricted to business organizations only. The growth and the complexity of firms have necessitated the call and need for effective and efficient management information system. There have been wide spread cases of inefficient decision-making, lack of accurate information, which shatter the effor ... Continue reading---
