THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THESIS

Abstract

            The objectives of this research were 1) develop the management information system for my thesis; 2) evaluate the effectiveness of the management information system for my thesis; and 3) study user satisfaction with the management information system for my thesis. The functionality of the system is a web application and was developed using PHP and the MySQL database management system. The samples were divided into 2 groups, namely, three experts in graduate thesis and information systems development and 62 system users. The instruments in this research were 1) an information system for thesis management; 2) a system efficiency assessment form; and 3) a user satisfaction questionnaire. The statistic used in the research were mean and standard deviation. It was found that the developed information system for the management of thesis divided the work rights of users into three groups, namely, administrators, teachers, and students, with seven sub-systems which consisted of user information management, basic data management, thesis information management, data management for thesis examinations, data management of thesis documents searching and tracking, and thesis preparation. The result of system performance evaluation by experts were at the highest level ( = 4.68, S.D. = 0.49). The result of the users’ satisfaction was at a high level ( = 4.27, S.D. = 0.62).