The aim of this essay is to provide a critical overview of Management Information Systems (MIS) and their relationship with the improvement in decision-making.
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INTRODUCTION In the last decades the era of information, also referred to as the age of information by most of the Management Information Systems (MIS) literature, has emerged thanks to the appearance of computers, Internet, in addition to many other resources. The amount of data available is unimaginable and therefore the possibilities to accumulate "junk" information are enormous. Organisations have to manage an ocean of information in the most efficient way in order to be effective and competitive. It is the task of information systems (IS) to deal with all the tools that could give businesses the framework of managing their information. The aim of this essay is to provide a critical overview of MIS and their relationship with the improvement in decision-making. This could be achieved by integrating all the different managerial functions within any organisation; doing so will lead to an overall improvement in the performance of the business. Firstly, this...


