The Analysis of MIS Systems

The Analysis of MIS Systems

Target Setting

The target is the aim that you set out to achieve and setting is how

you go about it. Setting is the planning stage.

Target setting is about setting yourself a goal that you set out to

achieve.

An example of target setting in the police force to tackle crime rates

– Reduce crime rate would be the target and the setting would be how

to go about reducing crime rates (e.g. recruit more policeman).

Example of Target Setting

Thames Valley Police have set a set a target (Target Setting) to

tackle crime. They have prepared a five year strategy and this

includes targets for the reduction of crimes where there has been a

particular increase i.e. violent crimes and robberies. Thames Valley

Police have come up with this plan because crime rates have been

rising in the area for the past year and they hope to reduce crime as

a result of this plan.

I have included the Thames Valley Police Crime Reduction Strategy and

this can be looked at in appendix 1.

Forecasting

Forecasting is predicting what is going to happen in the future. These

predictions can come from looking at past results/figures and

patterns.

An example of forecasting would be looking at the budget required for

a police station for the upcoming year. To achieve this the budgets

given in the past years would need to be looked at and the increasing

needs of the police station would also have to be looked into. For

example, if more police officers were required for the new year then

the wage demands, training costs, recruiting costs etc would need to

be taken into account when forecasting the budget.

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Personnel Database

This database provides information and records of police officers. It

provides services to inquiries on personnel records such as

disciplinary actions and education. This is useful MIS because it

keeps track on all people employed and provides records upon them.

Salary Database

This database contains salary records of every police officer and is

linked to the Personnel Database. This is also a good MIS because it

helps aid when paying salaries and gives information on wages costs.

It can help in auditing.

Overall I feel that MIS systems are very useful and can aid in many

aspects of running an organisation. Although MIS have their

disadvantages, which I have talked about above (such as costs and

extra training) I believe that the advantages outweigh these

disadvantages.