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COM 224 Management Information System

ND2 levelComputing & ICT27 topics

COM 224 covers 27 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Different systems
  2. Systems theory
  3. Management information systems concepts
  4. Systems concepts and characteristics
  5. Taxonomy of systems
  6. Organizations as systems and subsystems
  7. Systems theory: open and closed loop systems
  8. Feedback control and system models
  9. Management and management information
  10. Information needs and attributes
  11. Management information systems: concepts, features and importance
  12. Transaction processing and data processing stages
  13. Database management operations
  14. Office automation and telecommuting
  15. Types and applications of information systems
  16. Decision-making principles and techniques
  17. MIS development cycle
  18. Project management principles and tools
  19. Project management concepts
  20. Objectives of project management
  21. Project management tools
  22. Application of project management tools
  23. Total systems in MIS
  24. Time lag effects on inputs
  25. Deviation from standards
  26. Risks associated with MIS
  27. Developing MIS

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Different systems

This topic introduces the meaning of a system and the major kinds of systems commonly discussed in Management Information System. For exam success, you must master how systems are classified, the features that distinguish one type from another, and how these distinctions help managers understand organisations and information flow.

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