# Management information systems

Concept · [Technical basics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/technical)

Also called: MIS, information systems, business information systems

A field of study, and a common university major in business schools, about how organizations use technology and data to run. [Graduates](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/alumni) often work between business teams and IT.

**For example:** A company with a messy [reporting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dashboard) process brings in a management information systems student team for a semester project.

## Connects to (3)

- [Data literacy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-literacy): The ability to read, question and use data: knowing what a field or number actually means, where it came from and what it can and cannot…
- [Talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent): The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
- [ERP](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/enterprise-resource-planning): Enterprise resource planning.

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