Abstract: A new generation of management information system has risen from the research achievements of information science, operational research, system science and computer science. The most active factor among them is the computer which influences the management systems not only as a tool of information processing, storage and communication but also plays a more and more important role in high level intelligent jobs such as analysis, design and decision-making. Therefore, both the research methodology and application potential are all on the eve of a total change. In this paper, a survey of the development of MIS is given mainly under the background of the development of computer science and technology.