Information Systems: A Management Perspective

By: Alter, StevenMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: California: The Benjamin / Cummings, 1996Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxi, 728 pages : illustrations (some color)ISBN: 9780805324303; 0805324305 Subject(s): Management information systemsDDC classification: 658.4038011
Contents:
Part I: Basic ideas for understanding information systems -- 1. System-related challenges for business professionals -- 2. Framework and method for analyzing systems in business terms -- 3. Describing and evaluating business processes -- 4. Information and databases -- Part II: Applications and impacts of information systems -- 5. Types of information systems: different ways to support communication and decision making -- 6. Increasing efficiency and effectiveness of internal operations -- 7. Helping firms compete through sellng, pricing, and product differentiation -- 8. Human and ethical issues -- Part III: Understanding the role of information technology -- 9. Computer hardware -- 10. Software and programming -- 11. Telecommunications and networks -- 12. Steps toward computer intelligence: making systems "smarter" -- Part IV: Planning, building, and managing information systems -- 13. Information system planning -- 14. Methods for building information systems -- 15. Information system security and control -- Longer case studies.
Summary: Written from a managerial perspective, this text emphasizes how users can understand and analyze systems and evaluate the positive and negative effects of those systems, the role of information technology in business, and its extensive learning tools. This book will help the reader become an effective business professional who will use, participate in, and manage systems.
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Includes index

Part I: Basic ideas for understanding information systems --
1. System-related challenges for business professionals --
2. Framework and method for analyzing systems in business terms --
3. Describing and evaluating business processes --
4. Information and databases --
Part II: Applications and impacts of information systems --
5. Types of information systems: different ways to support communication and decision making --
6. Increasing efficiency and effectiveness of internal operations --
7. Helping firms compete through sellng, pricing, and product differentiation --
8. Human and ethical issues --
Part III: Understanding the role of information technology --
9. Computer hardware --
10. Software and programming --
11. Telecommunications and networks --
12. Steps toward computer intelligence: making systems "smarter" --
Part IV: Planning, building, and managing information systems --
13. Information system planning --
14. Methods for building information systems --
15. Information system security and control --
Longer case studies.

Written from a managerial perspective, this text emphasizes how users can understand and analyze systems and evaluate the positive and negative effects of those systems, the role of information technology in business, and its extensive learning tools. This book will help the reader become an effective business professional who will use, participate in, and manage systems.

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