A Model for Measuring Dependence level of Organizations on MIS

Abstract

As a result of the current innovation and further development in management information system "MIS", a great demand has arisen for its acceptance and ease of use. MIS functionality assists the day-to-day operations and management of the institution and helps the institution make tactical and strategic decisions. Furthermore, it helps institutions thrive in competing favourably with their counterparts. Despite the increasing acceptance of the MIS, most institutions that have made significant investments in the infrastructure and have clearly agreed to accept the use of the infrastructure have left their day-to-day operations and controls to their MIS. However, it is difficult to measure their dependence on their MIS. This research sets out to develop a model to verify why a school is not dependent on her MIS by accepting a specific score for each module of the management information system that the school uses to fill the gaps, calculate and measure dependence for each of the 107 schools that participated in the study, and report dependence to the school. Analysis showed that of the 107 study participants, only 17% were dependent on MIS, 4% were averagely dependent, and a whopping 79% were not dependent on their MIS. To increase dependence and improve confidence in MIS, we recommend that institutions purchase efficient, easy-to-use and responsive MIS to maximize user satisfaction, consider deploying solar power solutions, invest in internet infrastructure, and effective IT policy needs to be implemented so that Technical and support staff can ensure effective management of MIS.