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*Corresponding author: Alireza Azizi,
Department of Management, Payame Noor University, PO BOX 19395-3697, Shiraz, Iran.
E-Mail: azizi.shiraz@yahoo.com
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Research Paper
The Relationship between MIS Dimensions and Organizational
Entrepreneurship in S.S.S.O. (Shiraz Social Security Organization)
Raha Farhadi
1
, Alireza Azizi
2
*, Nazanin Masoudi
3
, Marayam Azadegan
4
, Meisam Ahmadi
5
,
and Maryam Masihi
6
1, 2, 3&4. Lecturer, Department of management, Payam-e-Noor University, Shiraz, Iran
In any organization, there is a management information system which undertakes the control and
remaking information in the environment and inter-organizational operations in order to provide the
necessary information needed for a manager to make decision, plan and control for the organization
as a whole. On the other hand there is an organizational entrepreneurship, a process when passes
through the organization, empower employees doing their tasks as an entrepreneur. In this research,
the relationship between the management information system and organizational entrepreneurship
was investigated in Shiraz social Security organization (SSSO); in an era in which the information
and communication technology is considered as one of its vital features. The purpose of this research
was to give some techniques to the social Security organization employees in order to use the
management information system creatively to give better services throughout the organizational
advancement. The research was done by using correlation method. The population was all the
employees of social Security organization among them 240 persons were selected as sample via
random sampling out of 400. The standard questionnaire of Ahituv and Newman for management
information system and the standard questionnaire of G.fox for organizational entrepreneurship were
distributed among them. Out of 240 distributed questionnaires, 205 were returned; consequently,
after collecting information and data analyzing, a meaningful relationship between organizational
entrepreneurship and dimensions of management information system were obtained thus inferring
that management information system predict the organizational entrepreneurship for SSSO and
could do the same for that of other organizations.
Keywords: Management Information System (MIS), MIS dimension,
organizational entrepreneurship;
INTRODUCTION
Today information systems have not only been
changed as one of the human modern technologies
but also they have rapidly affected all of the
organizations. Information Technology (IT), in fact,
is a global technology and “inclusion” is its unique
feature and an urgent need of it. The range of
changes is very diverse and range from replacing
information for energy or manpower at industrial
production section to change in inner part of
services, from personnel services to social services
and distribution services (Sarafizadeh and Panahi,
2005:52).
Lack of relevant information is one of the real
deficiencies of managers in business activities. Of
course, if they have all the information but there is
no proper system to organize them, there isn’t any
positive impact on their performance.
Organizations, in fact, should develop themselves