Question # 3
Justify or contradict on MIS trends by citing examples.

1. MIS users are more knowledgeable.
> It must be knowledgeable to all users for them to be aware of the effectiveness of using MIS.Using MIS has greater advantage to others especially to business organizations.
For example,there are business organization which are not yet well developed and using old styles of information system,how can they enter into the world of globalization if they are weak in using Management Information System.

2. More computing power is available to the user.
>Using of computers nowadays are already existing, we can now see computers everywhere even in houses.Users especially business users are now have a knowledge in using computers for better communication in others.

3. Resistance to the implementation for emerging MIS is subsiding.
>As we can see most of existing business organization uses MIS for competitive strategy.Implementation of MIS are intensed and becoming more intensed in the future.Through this many business organization will be more developed as wel as our country.

4.Connectivity
>Like any other system, our understanding of telecommunications has evolved and changed.With the latest in web development tools and multimedia applications, Connectivity will work with your organization to create and maintain a website that fits your organization's needs. Your organization has its own unique identity.

5.MIS is becoming one of the primary means of increasing productivity.
> Through MIS business organization develop a lot by means of increasing productivity. It helps a lot to business organization by reaching their goals and earn profit. There are lot of business organization increased productivity because of the effectiveness of using MIS.

6. Companies are using MIS as a competitive strategy.
> Strategies are normally applied in every companies because of intense competition that are arising. Through MIS better and effective strategies will be done. One example is the existing telecomunication and call centers business they have to compete to others by using MIS for better communication.While computers cannot create business strategies by themselves they can assist management in understanding the effects of their strategies, and help enable effective decision-making. Every market leading enterprise will have at least one core competency – that is, a function they perform better than their competition. By building an exceptional management information system into the enterprise it is possible to push out ahead of the competition. MIS systems provide the tools necessary to gain a better understanding of the market as well as a better understanding of the enterprise itself.

7.MIS is becoming integral to the decision-making process.
>Emphasis in the use of a decision support system is upon provision of support to decision makers in terms of increasing the effectiveness of the decision-making effort.Management Information Systems (MIS) is the term given to the discipline focused on the integration of computer systems with the aims and objectives on an organisation. MIS systems provide a valuable function in that they can collate into coherent reports unmanageable volumes of data that would otherwise be broadly useless to decision makers. By studying these reports decision-makers can identify patterns and trends that would have remained unseen if the raw data were consulted manually.

8. The end users is becoming the focus of MIS activity.
>The field of MIS can deliver a great many benefits to enterprises in every industry. Expert organisations such as the Institute of MIS along with peer reviewed journals such as MIS Quarterly continue to find and report new ways to use MIS to achieve business objectives. Nowadays,most of us already have a knowledge about using MIS and benefit a lot in this activity.


Danilyn Karen I. Saguin
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question # 2

Question # 2:

How can the manager and employees make use of information as a strategic/competitive advantage over other competitors?

Competitor analysis in marketing and strategic management is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors. This analysis provides both an offensive and defensive strategic context through which to identify opportunities and threats. Competitor profiling coalesces all of the relevant sources of competitor analysis into one framework in the support of efficient and effective strategy formulation, implementation, monitoring and adjustment.The manager and employees make use of effective information through their own strategic actions in the business.By impementing the best strategy and effective information through each other

Management Information System helps a lot in many ways.It increases productivity,higher quality information system an most especially in having more effecient communication.Management Information Systems are distinct from regular information systems in that they are used to analyze other information systems applied in operational activities in the organization. Academically, the term is commonly used to refer to the group of information management methods tied to the automation or support of human decision making.