# Preface The Field Manual for Fellows and Members of Department of Management Information Systems\ Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences\ İzmir Bakırçay University, Turkey Prof. H. Kemal İlter, Ph.D.\ Chair 2023 **IMPORTANT** The Field Manual is a manifesto/operations manual for the Department of Management Information Systems, it is **not a lexicon** for the term of scientific field of MIS. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://manual.mis.academy/preface.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.