The MBA and MIS: The integration of mis and management education

Over the past ten years, management information systems has emerged from obscurity to become one of the recognized functional areas of business and government. It is now impossible for most organizations to function without computer-aided information systems, and prospects are that organizations will become even more dependent upon such systems in the future. Computerized payroll systems, inventory systems, record and bookkeeping systems were among the first practical applications of modern computer technology in business and governmental organizations. As computer applications in organizations expanded, so did the volume of data collected. By the late 1960s, the need to coordinate this ever-increasing volume of data led to the concept of management information systems.