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The terms MIS and information system are often confused. Information systems include systems that are not intended for decision making. MIS is sometimes referred to, in a restrictive sense, as information technology management. That area of study should not be confused with computer science. IT service management is a practitioner-focused discipline. MIS has also some differences with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as ERP incorporates elements that are not necessarily focused on decision support.

MIS (Management Information Systems)

MIS provide important tools supporting delivery and adding credibility to your organization. The information is needed to support student tracking, from making enquires, to enrolling in provision, doing assessments to moving on to other opportunities. It lets you get through the inspection and other quality related procedures, track your finances and be audited and, all in all, live in the dynamic environment that we all now work with. In brief, gathering and using information is central to managing the processes of recruitment, teaching and learning, assessment, funding and quality management. To do this, effective, flexible and responsive Management Information Systems are needed.

MIS systems let you:
Capture information and store it.
Access stored information easily and manipulate it for your needs, your clients’ needs and your financers’ needs.
Control flow of information into, around and out of your systems.
Work within legislation such as the Data protection Act.
Manage resources.
Produce reports for you and outside organizations, such as financers’.
Maintain records needed for quality control.
Respond confidently to the demands of the Common Inspection Framework.
Manage and track student records of work, achievement and progression.
Manage returns to financers’ and accreditation bodies.
Record and track outcomes.
Manage marketing information.
And a host of other information related functions.

If Management Information Systems are flexible, and relate to the needs of your organization, your clients and the curriculum that you are delivering, then they work well and effectively. You have to be sure that, whatever systems you use, they suit your purposes and can be customized to do so, are easy to use and allow rapid data entry with rapid and flexible access for reporting purposes.

The extent to which managers perform the functions of management – planning, organizing, directing, and controlling – varies by level in the management hierarchy. The term supervisor could be applied at all management levels of the organization to those who direct the work of others. In common usage, however, the title tends to be used only in the first level of the management hierarchy. If an organization were divided into top, middle, and lower managerial levels, the term generally applies to the lower level.

Muazzam-Mehmood
http://www.articlesbase.com/e-learning-articles/management-information-system-727116.html

When life began in the primodial soup we are taught that energy from the sun or lightning reacted with a mix of chemicals in the soup. We know that information is also essential for life, and all life has Information encoded within its DNA. So how did the information for the first life get into the primordial soup and where did it come from?

Life did not begin in a ‘primordial soup’. Life was created.
Information is key – information does not spontaneously arise, it needs an intelligence source.
The idea that the mind-boggling amount of information in DNA came from nowhere is fantasy that defies science and logic.

I am engaged and will be sending out my own personal wedding invitations. I am fairly new to the whole wedding planning thing and I am not sure what Information needs to go in the invitation? I know date, time, ceremony location, reception location, registry information. Someone I work with mentioned a RSVP card? I don’t really know what that is. Am I missing anything?

You’ll want to know who is coming to the wedding, so give your guests a way to respond (rsvp) to your invitation. If you don’t want to include a separate RSVP card, you can instead provide an e-mail address for guests to respond to. It’s not a traditional, but its your wedding, so do what you want.

Other important info to include in addition to what you listed above would be the bride and grooms names and their parent’s names. You can also include directions and an itinerary of what times things will be happening ( i.e. – ceremony 6:00pm, cocktails 7:00pm, dinner 8:00pm)