CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The ability to obtain
and analyze a sufficient quality of relevant information is a key requirement
for effective decision. Management information system should supply the basic
information that a manager need in order to make decision. This move closely
with the information provided is tallies with the decision-making needs. The
better the decision that he will be made. This means that the designers of an
information system information flows and by way it, and make it quickly available,
decision process or greatly improved.
Management information system, when properly
designed usually brings about changes system must be individually designed for each
organization, tailor made for a particular purpose and objectives. In order to
examine and painting the usefulness in denying management information system
for an organization. I will like to take a case study of lever brother Nigerian
Plc.
1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The aim and objectives of this research work is basically
to study variables to be put into consideration in choosing and designing an
effective management information system. The study also intends to make it
clear to every manager and management executives that they are board to
understand how an inflation system works as well as how to use it.
1.3 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
As the research is variously urged to shed more
light on the great importance of effective management information system to
Lever Brother Nigeria Plc,the problem of giving adequate information as a
decision for disclosing necessary
information considered confidential to the Organization is encountered.
Also the problem of finding text books and Journal
that exhaustively treat the topic in question, management information system is
countered for this undoubtedly sabers the research of her hope full identify
and system solution to some or all problems associated with the designing of
the management information system.
1.4 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF LEVER BROTHER
NIGERIA PLC .
Lever Brother Nigeria Plc (RCIIB) was established:-
April 1923 as Lever Brother (West Africa) Limited; It is the oldest surviving
manufacturing concerning in Nigeria
today. The business as conceived by the founder “LORD LEVER HULM” was basically
to manufactures soap using local palm oil over years, however, it has
diversified into the production and marketing of non Soaps, Detergents, foods
and Personal productions. However, Lever Brothers is a subsidy of the multi
local and national company Unilever Plc. Its equally holdings are today 50.40%
Unilever and 49.06%
Investors.
Through selected acquisition and
mergers, the company range of quality
product is broad, these include Omo, Lux,. Oxbar, Ran, Close – up fresh, Esteem
hair care range, Raslure, blue band, Breden, Hoslum, Royco, Lipton yellow label
tea e.t.c. The top sheet branches are produced in four factory sites in Apapa
the oldest
factory built in 1957 producing detergents. Agbara a food factory which was
commissioned in 1987, and orgene the latest after the mayor of Unilever Nigeria
limited with lever brother Nigeria Plc. And thus where the manufacturing of
their Personal Products Boards is consolidated.
A major restructuring of the company was
affecting in 1959 for more effective control and management the post of
chairman and managing Director formally held by an individual was split. Thus
on January 1st 1998 Mr. Felix Ohiwere was appointed chairman and Mr.
R. E Clerk became vice chairman/Chief Executive. The company also changed from
its directional structure to a functional one. Lever Brother Nigeria Plc. New
functional directors of corporate relation/Personnel logistics, finance,
Marketing Customer’s Service and technology duties. The present focus is
towards a redesigned and improvement on the company’s work culture engine system improvement.
Taking the interest of its community. Public and shareholder very much to
heart. The company does not have depot in state they only have regional offices
and it is being divided into four (4) Zones.
SOUTH WEST
REGIONAL OFFICE
1.7 DOCKYARD ROAD
APAPA ,
NORTH WEST
REGIONAL OFFICE
PLOT 534, ZONE 2,
CENTRAL AREA DISTRICT;
AIRPORT ROAD: .
SOUTH EAST REGIONAL OFFICE
2. INDUSTRIAL
ROAD, APAPA
NORTH EAST REGIONAL OFFICE
, JOS
Apart from the above objectives Lever
Brother also aims to create employment opportunity is seriously having effect
on the image of the country especially now that unemployment is seriously
having effect on the image of the country. Youths, school leavers and the graduates
would be adequately employed into the industries of different level. Also it
seems to target high returns on investment over a stipulated period of time.
SOME FUNCTIONAL
ACTIVITIES OR LEVER BROTHERS NIGERIAN PLC.
Lever Brother Nigeria Plc as a business perform
specific function and activities. The important activities of the organization
are production personnel. Marketing and finance.
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
Broadly speaking, production are performed in creating
goods and services. This, production management responsibility is divided in to
broad areas. These are
a. Design
of the production system which include product designs, process design,
equipment selection, input materials selection plant layout and selection
labour skill required, training Programme, schedule step of the plan,
implementation and constructing control
systems. Implementing and operating control system. And modifying policies and
design.
MARKETING FUNCTION
Being
a marketing oriented organization, the marketing department is an important
operating aim of level Brother Nigeria Plc, . It activities begin even before the
Production and continues after the sale is made Within the Organization. The
marketing aims fulfill some important functions, which are activities that must
be performed to more production from the company to consumer from research
carried out, then such activities may be identified as follows. Production
development pricing. Advertisement personnel selling, sales promotion and
merchandising and financing credit and post sales transaction of all product of
Lever Brother Nigeria Plc Lagos.
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FUNCTION.
Lever Brother Nigeria Plc. Maintain a
sound financer management in order to achieve profitability .continuous
survival of business can no longer pay it creditor to make any profit for it
owners it simply fold up.
The financial concerns of the
organization include those area of activities such as financial analysis
financial planning 0r budgeting source of funds, short term and long term
investment decision in short term investments or in long term capital assets
working Capital management and divided policy.
PERSONNEL FUNCTION
In Lever Brother Nigeria plc, . the activities of developing and
admonitory policies and programmes for providing an effective organization structures,
qualified employees, equitable treatment. Advancement opportunities job satisfaction
and adequate security are all personal functions.
It involves planning for human resources
needs finding and hiring employees, training and compensating them and finally
returning them. Major function area of personnel management are:-
A. Employment:-
which include, recruitment, selection indoctrination.
B. Individual
relation:- this ensures that worrying relationship between management and
employees and the job satisfaction of a work opportunity for the Organization
personnel are developed and maintained in the best interest of the company and
the employees
C. Training
and the employees.
D. Employment
Services.