It deals with planning for, development, management, and use of information technology tools to help people perform all tasks related to information processing and management.
In the above definition you can find the three key resources-information, information technology, and people. You will also find various functions that you as a knowledge worker must undertake to ensure that your origination maximizes its advantages. It doesn't matter if you are preparing to work in the area of finance, human resource management, logistics, marketing or even information technology, you will still have responsibilities that include planning for, developing, managing and using MIS function with in your area of expertise.
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Customer moment of value is defined as providing service,
When the customers wants it (Time).
Where the customer wants it (Location).
How the customers wants it (From).
In a manner guaranteed to the customer (Perfect delivery).
Role of information technology
An organization's ability to provide perfect service at customer moment of value depends on three things:
Knowing the time at which the customer's moment of value occurs.
Knowing the location where the customer's moment of value occurs.
Knowing the form in which the customer's moment of value occurs.
All these can be summed up easily- it's having knowledge, and knowledge comes from having information. Gaining knowledge through information is the role of IT in today's information based business. IT is the set of tools that can help provide the right people with the right information at the right time.
Functions:
1. Formulate and implement plans, programs and standards for management information technology development.
2. Develop and manage the health and management information systems
3. Develop and manage the info structure (including corporate database and telecommunication services).
4. Develop tools to utilize intellectual capital of
To organize and prioritize the current and future projects in the pipeline in a way that fits into the PMB budget of $5B, and ensures projects that increase sales, growth, and stockholder value are of top priority, whereas projects that are not beneficial are either put on hold or discarded.
Regulation placed upon the healthcare system only seek to improve safety and security of the patients we care for. The enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and the enactment of Meaningful Use Act the United States government has set strict regulations on the security of health information and has allotted for stricter penalties for non-compliance. The advancement of electronic health record (EHR) systems has brought greater fluidity and compliance with healthcare but has also brought greater security risk of protected information. In order to ensure compliance with government standards organizations must adapt
The financial department have been asked to carry out analysis all invoices from the past year to provide data on where wastage is taking place.
Customer service must satisfy the needs of the customers to ensure a service companies’ quality is maintained.
IT (Information Technology) management entails all the routine issues faced by any type of business manager in addition to the issues of software development, technology purchasing (not necessarily physical items), systems integration, the limits of technology and the related budgetary issues. General information literacy is important for any level of IT manager, as he or she needs to communicate successfully using many different modes, media, and technology with all types of IT workers, upper management, and technology product vendors. IT management also entails leadership of projects or departments. Information
Excellence in customer service is the objective of all organisations wishing to be successful. However, there is often a gap between customer expectations and management perceptions of customer expectations. Organisations often fail to get close to their customers and correctly read their expectations.
Employees must first align their perceptions of service quality to what the customer’s perceptions are (Becker & Wellins 1990). Understanding what drives the customer establishment relationship is important to turning one time customers into loyal
The ability to manage information plays a critical role in developing a firm’s capabilities in customer relationship management, process management and performance management (Mithas, 2011).
Information technology (IT) is a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information
The purpose of this report is to explain what “Management Information Systems” (MIS) is. This report will discuss how management information system helps different departments in an organization. The functions and advantages of using MIS will also be examined in this report.
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Information Technology is the area of managing technology that spans a wide variety of areas that include computer software, information systems, computer hardware, programming languages and are not limited to things such as processes, and data constructs.
Sureshchandra, Rajendran and Anantharaman (2002) identified five critical aspects of service quality from the customers point of view namely core service/service product, human element of service delivery, systematisation of service delivery, tangibles of service and lastly social responsibility in order to conceptualise service quality. Table 1 will further provide an explanation to the five critical aspects of service quality as outlined by Sureshchandra et al (2002).
The quality of management in an organization determines how well a company will do. According to Taylor, Fayol, Weber and other classical theorists, there is a single best way for organization to be structured. The challenge to that idea is known as the contingency theory, which states that there is no one best way to organize your structure. I believe that the contingency theory is correct, but that in some cases, different approaches work better than others. In this paper I will be discussing three important management functions that I believe if implemented, will help lead to having a very successful organization. I will also be comparing them to three other ideas that are not quite as effective. The three
In order for the service employee to deliver on the customer’s expectations, the company (or management) must provide the necessary resources to fulfill the duties of the job. The success of the firm is also supported by the internal customers, also known as employees, and the satisfaction of these employees can influence the service encounters with external customers (Gremler, Bitner & Evans, 1994). It is imperative that management of the company delivers to the expectations of the employees in order to fulfill business goals and objectives.