DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A RESULT BASED COMPUTERIZED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

1.3     OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

Since this study is specifically to use the physical view  to make efficient use of storage and processing resources, therefore, the objective of this study includes the following;

1. To help in facilitating generation of ad hoc query.
2. To ensure reliability and transparency in the creation and computation of results
3. To present a platform for assessment of the performance of the students and workers in other to help develop enabling policy for academic quality and standard.
4. To prevent unauthorized access or mutilation of the results of the students thereby maintaining data integrity.
5. To help the users of the result database software (RDS) to manage the overall database environment by providing facilities for backup and recovery, security management, query optimization, concurrency control, and change management.

The significance of this study is to examine closely the advantage of this result application to the benefit of Caritas University and the entire community.

1. It will serve as a reference material to those who use this project material.
2. It is a contribution to knowledge
3. It will provide information to other researchers/developers on how best and beneficial the use of a management information system can be in providing accurate information for an organization's decision making.
4. It will ensure high level quality service development of the management which will ensure that students are not subjected to undue suffering in collection of their transcript or clearance prior to the deployment for youth service.

The scope of this study is an integrated study on the use of a Computer-based Result Management Information System (CBRMIS) a case of Caritas University.

Realizing the financial and time constraints usually associated with students in project of this nature, there is no research carried out that does not experience some difficulties. This work is no exception; the following factors posed serious limitations to the research work.

Financial constraints: a study like this nature is expected to be carried out on a broader base but because of lack of funds required, some function and programs could not be applied.

Time constraint: in the course of the study, time posed a serious problem in carrying out the test. The duration given for the conduct of this study was short.

Non-availability of materials: during the course of this research, there were non-availability of some critical documents and materials which were classified as confidential.

Non-availability of Exit: because of the nature of the school as a private university, Permission to go out was not always granted and this posed a serious problem towards the actualization of this goal.

Management: Management is a human action, including design, to facilitate

                               The production of useful outcomes from a system.

Processing: To deal with somebody or something according to an established

Procedure.

System: a set of computer components i.e. in assembly of Computer hardware,

Software and peripherals functioning together.

Automation: the replacement of human workers by technology; a system in

which a workplace or processes has been converted to one that replaced or ministries human labour with electronic or mechanical equipment.

Information: Data that has been worked upon and processed.

• : a systematically arranged collection of data, designed so

that it can be automatically retrieved or manipulated

easily by authorized users.

Database servers: Database servers are computers that hold the actual

databases and run only the DBMS and related software.

Data structure:Data structures (fields, records, files and objects)

optimized to deal with very large amounts of data stored on a      permanentdata storage device (which implies relatively slow access compared to volatile main memory).

Data security:Data security prevents unauthorized users from viewing or

updating the database by the use of passwords.

Data consistency: Data consistency ensures a consistent view of data to

every user.

• this is a secret code that a user must type into a computer to enable

He/she access it or its applications. This is made up of numbers, letters, characters or contribution of any of the above categories.

1. : Hypertext Preprocessor (the name is a recursive acronym) This is a

Programming language known as a server-side scriptinglanguage. It was used in the developing of this software.

Query language: A database query language and report writer allows users

to interactively interrogate the database, analyze its data and update it according to the user's privileges on data. It also controls the security of the database.

Software: a software is a collection of written programs which directs the

computer on what to do.

• : Querying is the process of requesting attribute information from

various perspectives and combinations of factors.

Modules: this is an independent/self- contained program.

SQL: Structured Query Language, it is a code used to query or insert records in a