Management of Academic Information System in Higher Education

Abstract

Information is very important for everyone and groups in the organization because it has an orientation to provide conveniences and benefits to users. In utilizing information, the existence of an Information System (SI) will be more systematic for certain interests. The purpose of this research is to describe in-depth and understand matters related to the management of academic information systems; namely, planning, organizing, implementing, supervising, and evaluating. This research uses a qualitative research approach with a multiple-case design. This research was conducted at Universitas Lambung Mangkurat (ULM), Banjarmasin, and Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Pangeran Antasari, Banjarmasin. The data collection techniques used in this research are interview techniques, observation, and documentation studies. The research results found; (1) Planning by updating the information systems and improving the quality of information will be more efficient for the satisfaction of information users and meet the needs of information recipients. (2) Distribution of tasks with coordinative communication and meet the needs will produce productive services and create convenience in delivering information for users and recipients of the information. (3) Implementation of services with electronic system updates will increase the effectiveness of the information quality. Also, doing socialization will support the increase in the information acquisition for information recipients. (4) Supervision of the updating of information systems will effectively improve the service quality for the information users. Evaluation of the information systems will be able to influence the quality of information use.