Systems thinking is how a company can accurately monitor every step of its system, from input, to processes, to output. Management information systems (MIS) incorporate whole systems thinking into a business so that businesses can function together at all levels (Baltzan, 2015, p. 13). Many small businesses use a specific MIS that has proven to be very beneficial called Quickbooks. While most Quickbooks combines tax, cash, and accounting information for a business, it can track many different levels of information that would be useful for all aspects of business operations and functionality. It makes communicating “numbers” for small businesses easier and simpler to understand (Intuit,