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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
Article Title: Two Manufacturing Firms' Decision-Making in Lagos: Implication for Counselling
by Saidu Rosemary Fehntoluwa Ph.D and Afolabi Daniel Olaoluwa

Abstract:
This paper focuses on two manufacturing firms’ decision- making in Lagos, Nigeria Implication for counselling. From the literature, the role of MIS on decision making in two firms Coca-Cola Nigeria Plc and Dangote Flour Mills Plc. were critically examined. This study checks how management information system helps an organization to perform effectively. It also appraised the problems encountered in the installation and structural framework of information system as well as analyzing the socio-economic factors that affects the flow of information in Nigeria manufacturing firms. It was deduced that management information system has significant impact on manufacturing firms’ decision making and productivity. In the study, questionnaire was adopted and 100 participants were randomly selected. From the information generated, chi square was used as an analytical tool for the study. Findings revealed that MIS is capable of moving an organization forward by making it perform effectively and function well if guidance counsellors regularly use their professional experience to counsel workers to put up their best. Finally, it is recommended that MIS should form an important unit in all manufacturing firms since the survival of any manufacturing firm in this technological age hinges on it while counselling unit should be set in all manufacturing firms.
Keywords: Manufacturing Firms, Information System, Flow, Installation, Counselling Implication
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