TY - BOOK AU - Lucas, Henry C. TI - Information Systems Concepts for Management SN - 9780070389953 U1 - 658.4038011 PY - 1994/// CY - McGraw-Hill, PB - New York: N1 - Includes index; The role of managers in information technology -- Using technology to transform the organization -- Interpreting and understanding information -- Information technology in perspective -- Organizational issues -- The impact of information technology on the organization -- Strategic issues of information technology -- International business and information technology -- Information technology -- Computer fundamentals -- A proliferation of computers -- Computer software -- Computer files: foundation for database management -- Database management -- Communications -- Information technology architectures -- System alternatives and acquisition -- Systems analysis and design -- Building systems: creativity with technology -- Inception through specifications -- Building the system through instalation -- Alternatives to tradition -- Successful implementation -- Exciting directions in systems -- Encouraging users to interact with technology -- Organization support systems: DSSs, GDSSs, EISs, groupware, and multimedia -- Intelligent systems -- Issues for senior management -- Management control of information systems -- Information technology issues for management -- Societal implications and future trends N2 - This text presents coverage of technical and managerial concepts relating to the use of computers in business. It focuses on material that managers need to know and reflects trends in global economy ER -