Assignment on Management of Information System

Running head: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
Management Information System
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s note

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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................................2
Task 1- Products..............................................................................................................................2
Cosmetic Products....................................................................................................................2
Customers.................................................................................................................................3
Departments.............................................................................................................................3
Task 2- Organizational Structure.....................................................................................................4
Task 3-MIS System.........................................................................................................................5
MIS Development Plan............................................................................................................5
Need for Information System...................................................................................................6
Technology for Information System........................................................................................7
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................7
References......................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
This report presents an idea for starting a cosmetic business in the market for commercial
purpose. It also gives the organizational structure that the business would have along with the list
of the departments. This report proposes a management information system for the business. It
gives an overview about the information system requirement for the organization.
Task 1- Products
Cosmetic Products
The products that the new cosmetic business will manufacture and sell are:
Eye makeup: This cosmetic company will sell several products under this category of eye
makeup like eye shadow, eye liner and eye mascara.
Face makeup: Face blush, face compact, foundation and face mousse are the cosmetic
products that the company will manufacture and sell.
Lip makeup: Different categories of lip makeup like lipsticks, lip gloss and lip balms are
the cosmetic products that the new company will sell.
Skincare products: Night cream, anti-aging lotion, fairness cream, moisturizer and sun
protection cream are the main skincare products that the new company will sell. Makeup
cleansing lotions can also be sold by the company.
Nail makeup: Nail paint and nail enamel removers are the two main products that this
company will manufacture and sell.

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Customers
Women and teenage girls are the target customers of this business. The cosmetic industry
is one of the leading industries with huge number of customers. There are diverse cosmetic
buyers. Different category of customer has different preferences. Aged women prefer anti-aging
lotions, whereas the younger generations prefer skin brightening products and moisturizers. This
company will also try to target men by producing skincare products for younger boys and men.
Selling these cosmetic products through direct channels will help the business to reach to a larger
group of audience.
Departments
The main departments in this organization will be:
Production: This department will monitor the quality of the products. It will deal with
inventory control and production scheduling as well as planning (Kerzner 2013). The other main
responsibility of this department is to decide best method of production.
Research and Development: The main concern of this department will be to develop new
cosmetic products or to improve the current products as well as business processes. R&D
activities and marketing activities are interrelated. The focus of this department will be to
produce better cosmetics for fulfilling the customer needs in an effective and efficient manner.
Marketing Department: The main focus of this department will be to identify and satisfy
customer needs at a reasonable price. The fundamental activity of this department will be to
manage the 4Ps of marketing (Armstrong et al. 2015). The 4Ps are place, promotion, price and
product.