Author(s): Harvey T. Ong
Management Information Systems (MIS) is the usage of information systems at the operational, tactical, and strategic levels so that businesses are aided in the achievement of goals (Oprea, 2007). Innovation is almost always inherently present in MIS due to MIS’ specialization from company to company, this study will simple show the extent and effect of particular types of innovations for JDI Company’s MIS. The researcher conducted the study by identifying the innovative performance contributed by the use of MIS. The researcher measured the extent at which the following types of innovation were adopted by the firms: organizational innovation, marketing innovation, process innovation, product innovation, behavioral innovation, risk innovation. The survey results shows that most all of the mean averages for the 6 types of innovation yielded above average results (>3), that the majority of the types of innovation for JDI Company have a higher mean average for the internal respondents than the external respondents, which may imply that the staff may be overestimating their own innovativeness as it is not as evident to their customers. The results of the study also showed that in the home garden industry even companies like JDI Company have tried using MIS and has seen good results, and it has contributions to different types of innovations. Investing in the MIS has also improved the management of financial resources in the companies as it is easier for them to make decisions with the system. It also save time and has also reduced discrepancies and mistakes caused by human error.