Assessment of Management Information System In Property Valuation in Case of Dire Dawa Administration Land Development and Management Bureau.

Studies show that land and land related assets require proper recording and analyzing mechanisms and such data’s can be easily handled by the use of management systems. The study aims to assess system employed by Dire Dawa Administration Land Development and Management Bureau to identify key features to evaluate management information systems employed in the property valuation of land holdings to create awareness regarding the general system employed for property valuation and also hence calling for better valuation systems that can counter all the claims condemning the weaknesses of the systems employed. Purposive sampling techniques was selected as a data collection mechanism. Information wasl be obtained through questioners and interviews. In order to meet the general and specific objectives of this study, a descriptive research method was employed. Documents were also be analyzed to supplement the quantitative data and for triangulation purpose. Collected data was also analyzed using descriptive method with the help of software called SPSS. From the review of literature indicators were set to evaluate the existing system. The results of the questionaries show that the system was lacking in most of the measuring mechanisms. From the five measurement tools employed the system the outcome were low. From the result of the respondents conclusion and recommendation were to update and upgrade the existing system and update the human resource through continuous trainings.