Management Information System Practices at Ghana Cocoa Board

Abstract

The study sets out to assess the management information system practices in Ghana Cocoa Board. The three main specific objectives were to assess the nature of management information system practices, to examine the benefits of management information system practices, and finally to ascertain the challenges of management information system practices at Ghana Cocoa Board Head Office, Accra. The study employed a quantitative research approach and descriptive survey as the study design. The study was on the views of 175 employees from the study area with a self-administered questionnaire as the main research instrument. The results were analysed using descriptive statistics with the help of the Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS 22.0 version) software. The major findings of the study revealed that the administrative information is stored in the management information system of the organisation. This leads to quick decision making, saves office space and promotes good corporate governance. It was further indicated that there were insufficient resources in terms of professionally trained management information system managers, training-starved administrative staff and office space. Therefore, it was recommended that management of Ghana Cocoa Board Head Office, Accra should embrace the information system management function to ensure its effectiveness, and also professionally trained management information system managers should be employed.