title: Managing for success: assessing the balanced MIS environment.
abstract: The authors provide guidelines which permit mental health managers to determine the current stage of growth of the macro dimensions of their MIS environment. These macro dimensions are representative of the technical, managerial, and organizational behavior aspects of system development. A profile of MIS attributes for each macro dimension is presented. These attributes, derived from an empirical study of community mental health centers, distinguish among information systems at different stages of growth. The attributes allow managers to conduct a comparative assessment of the degree of balance in their MiS environment relative to experiences of other centers.
mesh_terms: D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003201:Computers; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States