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1、-英文文献翻译专业班级：信息xx班学生姓名：xxx学号：xxxxxx二〇年月日.---科技文章摘译 DefinitionofaManagementInformationSystemThereisnoconsensusofthedefinitionoftheterm"managementinformationsystem".Somewriterspreferalternativeterminologysuchas"informationprocessingsystem","informationanddecisi
2、onsystem","organizationalinformationsystem",orsimply"informationsystem"torefertothecomputer-basedinformationprocessingsystemwhichsupportstheoperations,management,anddecision-makingfunctionsofanorganization.Thistextuses“MIS”becauseitisdescriptiveandgenerallyu
3、nderstood;italsofrequentlyuses“informationsystem”insteadof“MIS”torefertoanorganizationalinformationsystem.Adefinitionofamanagementinformationsystem,asthetermisgenerallyunderstood,isanintegrated,user-machinesystemforprovidinginformationtosupportoperations,man
4、agement,anddecision-makingfunctionsinanorganization.Thesystemutilizescomputerhardwareandsoftware;manualprocedures;modelsforanalysisplanning,controlanddecisionmaking;andadatabase.Thefactthatitisanintegratedsystemdoesnotmeanthatitisasingle,monolithicstructure;
5、rather,itmeansthatthepartsfitintoanoveralldesign.Theelementsofthedefinitionarehighlightedbelow. 1Computer-baseduser-machinesystemConceptually,managementinformationcanexistwithoutcomputer,butitisthepowerofthecomputerwhichmakesMISfeasible.Thequestionisnotwheth
6、ercomputersshouldbeusedinmanagementinformationsystem,buttheextenttowhichinformationuseshouldbecomputerized.Theconceptofauser-machinesystemimpliesthatsometasksarebestperformedbyhumans,whileothersarebestdonebymachine.TheuserofanMISisanypersonresponsibleforente
7、ringinputdata,instructingthesystem,orutilizingtheinformationoutputofthesystem.Formanyproblems,theuserandthecomputerformacombinedsystemwithresultsobtainedthroughasetofinteractionsbetweenthecomputerandtheuser.User-machineinteractionisfacilitatedbyoperationinwh
8、ichtheuser’sinput-outputdevice(usuallyavisualdisplayterminal)isconnectedtothecomputer.Thecomputercanbeapersonalcomputerservingonlyoneuseroralargecomputer.---thatservesanumberofusersthroughtermin
