Abstract
Running organizations in an efficient way especially in today’s complicated world needs gathering and processing a huge amount of information which is growing rapidly. The quality and quantity of the information required by managers for making decisions depend on different factors, but information features and the way they are processed are fundamental factors for making decision in this process. The aim of this research is to study the effects of management information systems (MIS) on the organizational structure. The statistical population in this research includes about 500 senior and junior executives of municipalities of Khuzestan province (Andimeshk, Ahvaz, Masjed Soleyman, Andika and Shooshtar), Iran. However, a sample of 225 managers was selected using Cochran formula and stratified cluster sampling method. To test the hypotheses of the research, structural equation modeling, correlation, and regression were used; Friedman test was also used for rank-ordering the measures. The results showed that management information systems were effective on complexity and formality variables, but the effects of management information systems on centralization were not confirmed. Therefore, systematizing management information systems in the organizations and centralization of decision-making at all management levels lead to reduction in the level of centralization in organizations, increase in horizontal complexity, and reduction in organizational hierarchy. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6p477
Highlights
In today’s world, because of the complexity of the problems, the need for information, statics, and figures in making decisions for management is more than before
The results show that information technology has a meaningful relation with formality and staff ratio but not with complexity and relation centralization variables
The results show that there is a direct meaningful relation between management information systems and the centralization variable and there is a meaningful but reverse relationship between management information systems and the formality variable
Summary
In today’s world, because of the complexity of the problems, the need for information, statics, and figures in making decisions for management is more than before. Today’s organizations should gather, classify, process and analyze different necessary information for management and put them quickly in the hands of administrators To provide such information, computers are used and management information systems have become much more functional (Nikooyi-Moghadam, 2008). In today’s competitive world, information is at the same level of human’s capital and power, and they are known as production factors and the best advantage of economic institutions In this regard, from years ago, management information system (MIS) in industrial countries and in recent years in our country has been the center of attention (Shahbazi & Ebrahimzadeh, 2007). Inasmuch as the information is the bases of all the activities of an organization, there should be systems which generate and manage information The aim of such systems is providing security in presenting correct and reliable information whenever needed. The results of the similar previous studies are shown in the following table 1.
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