Design And Implementation Of A Management Information System For A Forex Bureau Case Study: Midwest Forex Bureau Limited

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION....................................................................... ii APPROVAL............................................................................... iii DEDICATION ............................................................................iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..........................................................v CHAPTER ONE ..........................................................................1         1.0 Introduction .......................................................................1        1.1 Background of the study ................................................1       1.2 Statement of the problem  ...........................................2       1.3 Objectives of the study................................................... 3    1.3.1 Main objective.................................................................. 3        1.3.2 Specific objectives ...........................................................3      1.4 Research questions .............................................................3      1.5 Scope of the study ..............................................................4      1.6 Significance! justification of the study .........................4     1.7 Conceptual framework...................................................... 4 CHAPTER TWO ..............................................................................5 LITERATURE REVIEW ...................................................................6     2.1 Overview ................................................................................6      2.2 Information System ............................................................6      2.3 Transaction Processing Systems .....................................6     2.4 Management Information System .................................7    2.5 Characteristics of MIS ...........................................................8    2.6 Applications of MIS ................................................................9   2.7 Some existing MIS ................................................................10  2.8 Advantages of Management Information System .......11 2.9 Limitation of Management Information System ...........13 2.9 Technologies of designing MIS .........................................14 2.9.1 Design objectives ..................................................................14 2.9.2 Development Tools ............................................................14 2.10 Conclusion ..........................................................................15 Design and Implementation of a Forex Bureau Management System 2009 ................................................................................15    3.0. CHAPTER THREE ................................................................16 METHODOLOGY ..........................................................................16   3.1. Introduction ............................................................................16 3.2. Study design ...........................................................................17 3.3. Organization units studied ................................................17 3.4. Study population ...................................................................17 3.5. Sample size ..............................................................................18 3.6. Research instruments ..........................................................18 3.6.1. Structured interviews~ ...................................................18 3.6.2. Questionnaires ...................................................................19 3.6.3. Observatioir .......................................................................20 3.6.4. Document analysis ............................................................21 3.7. Data collection and presentation ...................................21 3.8. Data analysis and analysis of user requirernents ......22 3.9. System development rncthodology .............................22 3.10. Design techniques and tools for the system ..........23 3.10.1. Data flow diagrams .......................................................23 3.10.2. Unified Model Language (UML) ................................23 3.10.3. Computer Aided Design ...............................................23 3.11. Development tools for the system ...............................24 3.11.1. Operating system ............................................................24 3.11.2. Programming languages............................................. 24 3.11.4. Database management systems ...............................24 3.12. Information system plan .................................................25 3.12.1. System request ................................................................25 3.12.2. Feasibility analysis .........................................................25 3.12.3. Project plan and schedule ..........................................26 3.12.4. Risk assessment ................................................................27 4.0 CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................28 DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION .........................................................................28 4.1 System analysis ........................................................................28 4.2 Feasibility study....................................................................... 28 4.3 Weaknesses of the current system ...................................29 4.4 System specification.............................................................. 29 4.4.1 System requirements .........................................................29 . 4.4.2 Functional requirements of the system .....................30 4.4.3 Non-functional requirements......................................... 30 4.3 System Implementation ......................................................30 4.3.1 Hardware and Software requirements....................... 30 4.3.2 Requirements for System Installation ..........................30 4.4 Physical design of the database ........................................31 4.5 Structures of the interface ..................................................35 System testing ...............................................................................49 4.12 User training .........................................................................50 4.13 System conversion........................................................... 50 CHAPTER FIVE.................................................................................. 51 DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS... 51 5.0 Introduction ..............................................................................51 5.1 Discussion.................................................................................. 51 5.3 Recommendations ..................................................................51 5.4 Conclusion.................................................................................. 52 VISUAL STUDIO 2005 CODES USED TO CREATE INTERFACES 53 a) Login Interface codes 53 REFERENCES 63 APPENDIX B 64 Questionnaire 64