The Management Of Mis

The Management of Managerial Information System

Jonathan Ceasar D . Santos MBA - Olivares College Management Information System

1.The Chief Information Officer 2.Responsibilities and Role of CEO 3.Strategic MIS Management 4.Project Selection 5.Pricing Products 6.Budgeting 7.Evaluating MIS Function

The Chief Information Officer - The chief information officer (CIO) is a job title for the board level head of information technology within an organization. 

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Role of the CIO - is also sometimes used interchangeably with the chief technology officer role, although they may be slightly different. 

CIO's Top 10 concerns • • • •

People leadership Managing budgets Business alignment Infrastructure Refresh • Security

Compliance Resource management Managing customers Managing change Board politics

Position Purpose

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accountable for directing the information and data integrity of the enterprise and its groups and for all Information Technology functions of the enterprise.

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Data centers Technical service centers Production scheduling functions Help desks Communication networks  (voice and data) • Computer program development • Computer systems operations

What is a CEO? • Is (usually) the singular organizational position that is primarily responsible to carry out the strategic plans and policies as established by the board of directors.

Responsibilities of CEO

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Develop a strategic plan to advance the company's mission and objectives and to promote revenue, profitability, and growth as an organization.

Role of CEO • • • • •

General Operations Financial Issues Liabilities / Risks / Time Bombs Regulatory / Legal / Litigation Product lines / Marketing / Sales / Distribution • Personnel Issues •

Role of CEO • IPO / Merger / Acquisition / Disposition / Dissolution • General / Administrative • Stockholder Status / Investor Relations • The Next Steps 

Strategic MIS Management

Project Selection •

a process for awarding grants to existing or potential partner organizations to implement projects.

Criteria for Selection • relevance to the NGO/CBO support provider’s (NSP) programme objectives and priorities • geographical coverage • suitability of approach 

Criteria for Selection

• appropriateness of budget • feasibility • potential impact • epidemiological relevance. 

Issue to consider • In selecting projects, NSPs may want to consider how each individual project relates to the others and contributes to the balance of their portfolio. 

Pricing Products

• To establish a selling price for a product. •

Basic Rules of Pricing • All prices must cover costs and profits. • The most effective way to lower prices is to lower costs. • Review prices frequently to assure that they reflect the dynamics of cost, market demand, response to the competition, and profit objectives. • Prices must be established to assure sales. 

When is the right time? • • • • •

You introduce a new product or product line; Your costs change; You decide to enter a new market; Your competitors change their prices; The economy experiences either inflation or recession; • Your sales strategy changes; or • Your customers are making more money because of your product or service. 

Pricing Basics • Overhead Expenses – Fixed expenses – Variable expenses  Cost of Goods Sold  Determining Margin

Product Pricng Strategies • • • •

Costs Price Sensitivity Competition Product Lifecycle

Budgeting • A process of planning expenses and revenues. • A plan for saving and spending.

Purpose of Budgeting

• Enable the actual financial operation of the business to be measured against the forecast. 

Evaluating MIS Function • Senior Executives feel very strongly that corporate MIS function should be evaluated in one way or other due to large amount of investment in the information processing technology • To assess if the benefits received from MIS are commensurate with the level of expenditure incurred on it.

Evaluating MIS Function • To assign MIS the status of being a function of management like production and marketing. • To evaluate the efficacy of MIS function in the organization over time. • To ascertain the competitiveness of the MIS of one organization as compared to the competitors.