Essentials of Management Information Systems: Transforming Business and Management

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-12-01
Publisher(s): PRENTICE HALL
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Summary

This text prepares students for the constantly changing demands of using information systems as managers in today's fast-paced organizationsfirst by relating MIS to management, the organization and technology, focusing on the importance of integrating these elements; second by tracking emerging technologies and organizational trends; and third by consistently using examples taken from real businesses, both domestic and foreign.

Table of Contents

PART ONE Organizations, Management, and the Network Revolution 2(132)
Chapter 1 The Information Systems Revolution: Transforming Business and Management
2(34)
Chapter 2 The Strategic Role of Information Systems
36(32)
Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, and Management
68(34)
Chapter 4 Ethical and Social Impact of Information Systems
102(32)
PART TWO Technical Foundations of Information Systems 134(96)
Chapter 5 Computers and Information Processing
134(32)
Chapter 6 Information Systems Software
166(32)
Chapter 7 Managing Data Resources
198(32)
PART THREE Communications, Networks, and the Internet 230(70)
Chapter 8 Telecommunications and Networks
230(34)
Chapter 9 The Internet: Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business
264(36)
PART FOUR Building Information Systems: Contemporary Approaches 300(68)
Chapter 10 Redesigning the Organization with Information Systems
300(38)
Chapter 11 Approaches to Systems-Building
338(30)
PART FIVE Management and Organizational Support Systems 368(58)
Chapter 12 Managing Knowledge
368(34)
Chapter 13 Enhancing Management Decision Making
402(24)
PART SIX Managing Information Systems 426
Chapter 14 Information Systems Security and Control
426(28)
Chapter 15 Managing International Information Systems
454
International Case Studies ICS 1
Appendix A: Business Process Redesign Project A 1
References R 1
Name Index NI 1
Organizations Index OI 1
International Organizations Index IOI 1
Subject Index SI 1

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