单选题
Management information systems form. a bedrock of IT use in
the public sector. They are therefore found in all sections of the public sector
and in all countries. Of course, different people use the term "management
information system" differently. The term should therefore not form. the basis
for arguments about ______ an MIS is and is not. So long as one and those with
whom one works understand and agree on a definition, that is good enough.
Similarly, when dealing with written material, one needs to be able to ______
and communicate, not get locked into doctrinal debate. Many public service
providers have developed management information systems to monitor and control
the services that they provide. Both the US ______ UK Social Security agencies
have developed MIS to report on the welfare payments and services that they
provide. The British public healthcare system has also been a major investor in
MIS as it tries to control healthcare costs and simultaneously improve delivery
standards. Individual schools can also ______ use of MIS. Hob moor Junior and
Infant School, a public school in Birmingham, UK, introduced a computerised
attendance system to produce MIS reports that monitor pupil attendance. This
improved the Principal's ability to understand and control absence patterns,
resulting in a 2.5 percent ______ in attendance rates.