Why to Pursue Ms in Mis
Why do you want t o pursue your particular major (MIS) ?
The rapid change in IT causes an already uncertain business environment to be even more unpredictable. Organizations’ ability to identify the relevant information needed to make important decisions is crucial, since the access to data used to generate information for decision-making is no longer restricted by the manual systems of the organization. Information Technology (IT) can record, synthesize, analyze and disseminate information quicker than at any time in history. Data can be collected from different parts of the company and its external environment and brought together to provide relevant, timely, concise and precise information at all levels of the organization to help it become more efficient, effective and competitive.
Information can now be delivered to the right people at the right time, thus enabling well-informed decisions to be made. With the realization that information is an important resource which can be used in a novel way to enhance the competitive position of business, information technology and information systems are becoming strategically important for business. Information systems are moving out of the backroom, low-level support position, to emerge as the nerve centres of organizations and competitive weapons at the front end of businesses.
It is evident that activity in the management information systems field will continue in many directions at once, driven by market forces, by organizational needs and technical opportunity. Rapid development of the Internet with its new services and applications has created fresh challenges for the further development of information systems. There is a need for greater understanding of the strategic alignment between Information Technology and Business so as to reach the expected levels and hence this field promises to be very exciting and I aspire to be part of this field to make my contribution. I feel a Masters’ degree in Information
The rapid change in IT causes an already uncertain business environment to be even more unpredictable. Organizations’ ability to identify the relevant information needed to make important decisions is crucial, since the access to data used to generate information for decision-making is no longer restricted by the manual systems of the organization. Information Technology (IT) can record, synthesize, analyze and disseminate information quicker than at any time in history. Data can be collected from different parts of the company and its external environment and brought together to provide relevant, timely, concise and precise information at all levels of the organization to help it become more efficient, effective and competitive.
Information can now be delivered to the right people at the right time, thus enabling well-informed decisions to be made. With the realization that information is an important resource which can be used in a novel way to enhance the competitive position of business, information technology and information systems are becoming strategically important for business. Information systems are moving out of the backroom, low-level support position, to emerge as the nerve centres of organizations and competitive weapons at the front end of businesses.
It is evident that activity in the management information systems field will continue in many directions at once, driven by market forces, by organizational needs and technical opportunity. Rapid development of the Internet with its new services and applications has created fresh challenges for the further development of information systems. There is a need for greater understanding of the strategic alignment between Information Technology and Business so as to reach the expected levels and hence this field promises to be very exciting and I aspire to be part of this field to make my contribution. I feel a Masters’ degree in Information