reflective journal

Many wondered how huge business establishment such as Coca Cola, H&M., and McDonald to name a few manage their massive information systematically and efficiently. Well I was about to discover about it when I attend the Management information System (M.I.S.) class. This module provides an in depth view of management system in handling business information and how it affect the business domain across the globe.

The objective of learning this module became clearer after the first lecture which enlightens all the important dates, lecturers, tutors, assignments and assessments along the learning period. Module expectation’s was explained in detail at the early stage enabling us to prepare mentally to meet the required expectation. Throughout the semester I have sit for the online test, produce group’s video assignment and last but not least prepare a reflective journal as required by module. Touching on the online test, it helped me a lot ascertaining own weakness thus overcoming it accordingly. For the group’s video assignment, we are assigned into a group of five persons. My group is made up by Azra Zahra, Ng Zi Xiang, Zhi Qi Tham and Mandy Tan alongside of me. We were able to produce the video within a period of two-days only with the efforts put in by all members. This type of assignment requires all of us to be even more creative. The early expectations being explained at the beginning of the semester had contributed to the short period required in producing the video. Having Dr. Choo Wou Onn and Dr. Ho Ree Chan, both well-educated and have vast experience in teaching surely an added advantage for us.

M.I.S. is embedded as one of the learning modules for the second semester. The module is provided in the first year in order to prep us well in advance on the know-how of managing the information systems in business, thus providing guidance in what kind of tools or methods engaged in managing it efficiently. Advancement of online technology nowadays provide a medium of which enables business establishment performance’s to be significantly improved. Being interconnected to the whole wide world opened up opportunities for establishment to conduct their business globally without boundaries at cheaper cost. Setting that aside, opportunities comes with its own challenges.

As a conclusion, the module prepared made me understand management information systems better and make me realized how important the system is when you own a business. This module is very useful as it helps me to understand the nature of business more.