Information Systems Essentials

A concise, four-color IS concepts book with a lively, contemporary writing style at a student-friendly price. Information Systems Essentials Information Systems Essentials comes with more and better ancillaries than any other essentials text.An additional unique feature is the opening unit, explaining the benefit and impact of IS on each business career. This chapter addresses the frequently-cited problem of effectively showing students the relevance of this course.Information Systems Essentials includes the first nine chapters from Haag MIS 5e, representing what introductory MIS students should definitely know. An appendix includes the two XLMs from Haag MIS 5e: hardware/software and telecommunications.

Information Systems Essentials, 1e

MIS and Your Career

Chapter One:

The Information Age in Which You Live: Changing the Face of Business

Chapter Two:

Major Business Initiatives: Gaining Competitive Advantage with IT

Chapter Three:

Databases and Data Warehouses: Building Business Intelligence

Chapter Four:

Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence: Brainpower for Your Business

Chapter Five:

Electronic Commerce: Strategies for the New Economy

Chapter Six:

Systems Development: Phases, Tools, and Techniques

Chapter Seven:

IT Infrastructures: Business-Driven Technology

Chapter Eight:

Protecting People and Information: Threats and Safeguards

Chapter Nine:

Emerging Trends and Technologies: Business, People, and Technology Tomorrow

Appendix A:

Computer Hardware and Software

Appendix B:

Network Basics

Group Projects