“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without talking about the other.”

—Bill Gates, Microsoft

 

Exploit the potential of technology for competitive advantage in business

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Information systems are at the heart of virtually every business interaction, process, and decision, especially given the vast penetration of the Web in the last few years. Like previous editions, this fourth edition of Managing and Using Information Systemsby Pearlson and Saunders gives you the foundation to become a knowledgeable participant in information systems decisions and to manage information for competitive advantage.

 

In a departure from earlier editions, this new edition includes ideas that impact the new generation of “digital natives”—managers who are at home in the digital world and expect to leverage in their business lives the technologies they depend on for social interaction, collaboration, and innovation.

 

Brief, yet complete, this text provides a basic framework for understanding the relationships among business strategy, information systems, and organizational strategies. You’ll learn how IT relates to organizational design and business strategy. Most of all, you’ll develop the skill to recognize opportunities in the work environment and to apply what you know in innovative ways.

 

Whether you’re coming from IS or the business management side, Managing and Using Information Systems, Fourth Editionwill give you a valuable grasp of how technologies affect business decisions, so you can grab every opportunity for business success.

This new Fourth Edition includes:

• A new chapter on sourcing to make the material more relevant
• New introductory cases that highlight how the information is applied in the field
• Updated “Food for Thought” sections that focus on current topics
• The latest information, including a new focus on Web 2.0, a new framework of managerial levers, and a new discussion on collaboration
• Updated examples and new end of chapter cases offering a global outlook and a new focus on managing IT projects

Custom CoursePacks of cases and readings for each chapter are available via Wiley's Business Extra Select program. Go to www.wiley.com/college/bxs for more details.

Pearlson and Saunders’ Third Edition of Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approachgives students the insights and knowledge they need to become active participants in information systems decisions. By demonstrating how IT relates to organizational design and business strategy, this title covers the essential concepts of MIS. Within the 4^thedition, students will also learn how to recognize opportunities in the work environment and apply current technologies in innovative ways.  In a concise, updated format, Pearlson and Saunders provide a strategic approach to Information Systems for a senior/graduate level course or as a supplement for any course using additional cases and readings.

Dr. Keri E. Pearlson directs the Senior IT Leadership Development Program for the Concours Group, a private, global think tank for CIOs and other senior executives. She is also president of KP partners, a consultancy specializing in executive education and management coaching in the area of strategic use of information systems and organizational design.

Dr. Pearlson has held various positions in academia and industry. She was a member of the information systems faculty at the Graduate School of Business at the University of  Texas at Austin, where she taught management Information systems courses to MBAs and executives. She was a research director at the research Board, held positions at the Harvard Business School, CSC-Index's Prism Group, AT&T, and Hughes Aircraft Company.

She is co-author of Zero Time: Providing Instant Customer Value-Every time, All the Time (John Wiley & Sons, 2000). Her work has been published in Sloan Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, Information resources Management Journal, and Beyond Computing. Many of her case studies have been published by Harvard Business School Publishing and are used all over the world. Dr. Pearlson holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) in Management Information Systems from the Harvard Business School and both a Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering Management and a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics from Stanford University.

Dr. Carol S. Saunders is Professor of MIS at the University of Central Florida in Orland, Florida. She served a s General Conference Chair of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in 1999 and Telecommuting in 1996. She was the chair of the ICIS Executive Committee in 2000. Currently she is editor-in-chief of MIS Quarterly and a Fellow of the Association in Information Systems ( AIS). Her current research interests include electronic commerce, the impact of information Systems on power and communication, virtual teams, time, and interorganizational linkages. Her research is published in a number of journals including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of MIS, Communications of the ACM, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Communications Research, and Organization Science.

Dr. Saunders holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Management from the University of Houston.Her MBA is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and German is from Florida State University. In addition to her academic positions, Dr. Saunders has worked for IBM and EXXON Company, U.S.A.

1) The Information Systems Strategy Triangle

2) Strategic Use of Information Resources

3) Organizational Impacts of Information Systems Use

4) Collaboration and the Design of Work

5) Information Technology and Changing Business Processes

6) Architecture and Infrastructure

7) Sourcing (New Chapter)

8) IT Governance

9) Using Information Ethically

10) Funding IT

11) Project Management

12) New Title: Business Intelligence