Reading

1. Read the text.

2. Guess the meaning of the underlined words.

3. Define true and false sentences:

(a) Management Information System (MIS) is a subset of the overall internal controls of a business covering the application of people, documents, and technologies.

(b) Academically, the term MIS is commonly used to refer to the group of managers.

(c) In their infancy, business computers were used for the theoretical business.

(d) According to Philip Kotler "A marketing information system consists of people equipment, and procedures to gather, sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute needed, timely, and accurate information to marketing decision makers."

(e) The terms MIS and information system are not confused at all.

Speaking

1. Answer the following questions:

(a) What is MIS?

(b) How could you describe the term MIS academically?

(c) How did business computers use in their infancy?

(d) What is MIS according to Philip Kotler?

(e) Do the terms MIS and information system confuse often?

(f) What does Professor Allen S. Lee state?

2. Ask your partner questions about:

(a) Management Information System; (b) payroll; (c) practical business; (d) people management applications; (e) statistics; (f) Enterprise Resource Planning; (g) business-wide strategy; (h) decision support systems.

3. Retell the text.

4. How do you understand the joke? Discuss it with your partner.

Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the possible designers of the human body.

One said, "It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the joints."

Another said, "No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous systems many thousands of electrical connections."

The last said, "Actually it was a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?"

Grammar adverb

Adverbs of comparison are used to show what one thing does better or worse than the other.

When an adverb ends in -ly, more is put in front of the adverb.

For example:

"Marat did his homework more frequently."

The rule for forming the comparative of an adverb is if it has the same form as an adjective add the suffix -er to the end.

For example:

"Maral did her homework faster."

The following irregular adverbs are exceptions to this rule:

'well' becomes 'better'

'badly' becomes 'worse'

'little' becomes 'less'

For example:

"Ainur was better." "Askar was worse."

"To lose weight you need to eat less."

When comparing two things you need to put than between the adverb and what is being compared.

For example:

"Maral did her homework faster than Abai."

"Ainur did her homework more frequently than Abai."

Superlative form of Adverbs

The superlative form of an adverb is used to say what thing or person does something to the greater degree within a group or of its kind. Superlatives can be preceded by 'the'. In general the superlative forms of adverbs are the same as for superlative forms of adjectives.

The rule for forming the superlative of an adverb is if it has the same form as an adjective add the suffix -est to the end.

For example:

fast - "Jill ran the fastest."

When an adverb ends in -ly, most is put in front of the adverb.

For example:

Frequently - "Jill did her homework most frequently."

The following irregular adverbs are exceptions:-

'well' becomes 'the best'

'badly' becomes 'the worst'

For example:

"Jill did the best in the test."

"Jack did the worst in the test."