Management Information System

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Management
Information System

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Contents
Task 1........................................................................................................................... 1
Task 2........................................................................................................................... 4
Task 3........................................................................................................................... 7
Task 4........................................................................................................................... 9
Reference.................................................................................................................... 12
Task 1

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Functional business units
"Vets R Us" deals in veterinary practices in the UK with almost 1,000 branches. In order
to maintain its management with new technology and future business growth, they focus on the
performance of each individual and manage to provide an equal opportunity to enhance their
skills and capabilities. Every organization has some common functional units in which the
information is needed are management, operations, marketing, Accounting, and finance. An
information system is needed for collecting appropriate data which includes the quality
management and control of inspection of the business. It helps in capturing, storing, analyzing
and retrieving the data and helps in providing the opportunity of gathering the cumulative
information for the competent interpretation. Information systems in business are the
combination of people, hardware, software, network communication and sources of data that
collect, transform and disseminates the information.
In the functional business units, the Human resources area is the main focus for managing
the people of the organization of all the branches. Its main function is hiring staff, analyzing the
requirements and helps the organization in achieving the goals. HR is responsible for attracting
the employees and ensuring that they perform their duties. Information will be required to
analyze that the appropriate HR leadership is there in an organization so that the issues of
employees are considered. It is required to have the information on employees' competencies and
capabilities to perform the tasks given to them. Forgiving the training to the employees it is
required to identify the skills which are required to improve in employees. To measure and
observe the skills of employees and managing the legal contract arrangements (Laudon and
Laudon, 2011). HR has to keep the record of all employees and has to take care of the areas
which require improvement and also have to arrange an effective training session for the
employees. For recruitment, they also had to collect information about the applicant's profiles
and matching them with the skills and capabilities. The finance department is one of the most
important functional areas of the organization. For keeping the records of all the transaction in all
the branches and franchise, information is needed (Noe, et al., 2017). Maintaining the budget,
salary calculation, bills, EPF, information is required to be maintained in information systems.
The operation department of the organization needs to keep the record of samples, x-ray, scans,
and reports that can be maintained in systems. For the daily appointment, Admin department

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systems can be managed where the customer can take the appointment online for visiting the
nearby branch. Information systems will help in making the organization well structures and
convenient ambiance for the clients and employees (Melville, 2010). The admin department will
collect the information of clients and their problems and will be recommended and take the
action promptly. Information system helps in managing the details easily and can get access to
past information easily of clients.
Information systems are essential for improving and measuring the quality and service of
organizations. To provide effective and efficient services for the animal’s health and benefits to
clients can be provided by implementing the information system (Chaffey and White, 2010). For
accessing the information on systems it is necessary to update the technology in the organization
as the clients are facing issues to get the health care for their pets in the UK. For taking the
appointment online and drug prescriptions online can help in getting the care on time without
any delay in taking care.
The implementation of information systems in an organization requires technical and
managerial skills and has to follow the sequential steps for making the operational new system.
Technology and information systems are major components for the success of the organization
and major functional units in business are the finance, HR, operation, and Admin. It helps in
supporting the business as it treats the customer request as inputs and services to the customer as
an output.
Information system helps in making the decisions in daily operations. Information
systems help the managerial level in setting the goals and objectives of a business. It will help
the organization to make effective decisions for the growth and providing the best services to
customers in the UK. All the tasks can be performed on time with the support of effective use of
information when the details can be accessed easily at all the branches of the organization; it will
be convenient to perform the task on time (O'Brien and Marakas, 2006).