Synopses & Reviews
David M. Kroenke entered the computing profession as a summer intern at Rand Corporation in 1967. Since then, his career has spanned education, industry, consulting, and publishing.
He has taught at Colorado State University, Seattle University, and the University of Washington, where he currently teaches. Over the years he has led dozens of teaching seminars for college professors. In 1991 the International Association of Information Systems names him Computer Educator of the Year.
In industry, Kroenke has worked for the U.S. Air Force and Boeing Computer Services, and he was a principal in the startup of three companies. He also was vice president of product marketing and development of the Microrim Corporation and was chief technologist for the database division of Wall Data, Inc. He is the father of the semantic object data model. Kroenke's consulting clients include the IBM Corporation, Microsoft, Computer Sciences Corporation and numerous other companies and organizations.
His text Database Processing was first published in 1977 and is now in its tenth edition. He has published many other textbooks, including the classic Business Computer Systems, (1981). More recently he authored Database Concepts, which is in its second edition. An avid sailor, Kroenke also wrote Know Your Boat: The Guide to Everything That Makes Your Boat Work. Kroenke lives in Seattle. He is married and has two children and two grandchildren.
Synopsis
Using MIS is the book that teaches students how people use information systems to solve business problems.
Building on students' experience and knowledge base from personal MIS to workgroup MIS to enterprise MIS, this text stresses the important role of Information Systems in satisfying business objectives. Realistic examples, mini-cases, case applications, and thought-provoking review material with projects promote active learning.
This text is beneficial to the business professional interested in a basic understanding of management information systems today.
Synopsis
Using MIS is the book that teaches students how people use information systems to solve business problems.
Building on students' experience and knowledge base from personal MIS to workgroup MIS to enterprise MIS, this text stresses the important role of Information Systems in satisfying business objectives. Realistic examples, mini-cases, case applications, and thought-provoking review material with projects promote active learning.
This text is beneficial to the business professional interested in a basic understanding of management information systems today.
Synopsis
Using MIS is the book that teaches students how people use information systems to solve business problems.
Building on students' experience and knowledge base from personal MIS to workgroup MIS to enterprise MIS, this text stresses the important role of Information Systems in satisfying business objectives. Realistic examples, mini-cases, case applications, and thought-provoking review material with projects promote active learning.
This text is beneficial to the business professional interested in a basic understanding of management information systems today.
Table of Contents
Part One Introduction to MIS Chapter 1 MIS and You
Chapter 2 Purposes of Information Systems
Part Two Information Technology
Chapter 3 Hardware and Software
Chapter 4 Database Processing
Chapter 5 Telecommunications and Internet Technology
Chapter 6 Systems Development
Part Three Information Systems
Chapter 7 Information Systems within Organizations
Chapter 8 E-commerce and the Supply Chain Information Systems
Chapter 9 Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management
Part Four Managing Information Systems Resources
Chapter 10 Information Systems Management
Chapter 11 Information Security Management
Glossary