Synopses & Reviews
Management Information Systems, Fifth Edition retains the five parts structure and updated part-opening business cases from previous editions, but features a new streamlined chapter organization to better fit your course needs. All of the chapters offer completely new real-world cases and now include up-to-date video clips plus supporting questions for added practice. Furthermore, the fifth edition incorporates new or expanded coverage of the latest MIS topics such as E-Commerce, Challenges in Global Information Systems, Storage Service Providers and Network Attached Storage, Wireless Networks, Geographical Information Systems, and more. Your students will appreciate the improved companion Web site featuring extra business cases, more opportunities for hands-on practice, new video clips, added reading material, and helpful source information.
Synopsis
Management Information Systems, Fifth Edition retains the five parts structure and updated part-opening business cases from previous editions, but features a new streamlined chapter organization to better fit your course needs.
Synopsis
With a clear emphasis on the business and management elements of information technology, Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition continues to be the ideal resource for upper-level business students and MBA students. Updated to include the latest information technologies, practices, and trends, this book uses more real-world examples and case studies than ever before, providing skills and knowledge that are easily transferable to the business world. From overviews of the information age to online business and business intelligence, readers will gain a sound balance of the technical and business elements of information technology.
About the Author
Effy Oz is a Professor of Management Science and Information Systems at the Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley. He received his MBA from the Hebrew University and his DBA from Boston University. Professor Oz has published and presented numerous academic and professional articles and authored best-selling textbooks in the areas of management information systems, e-commerce, and IT ethics. He serves on the editorial boards of Encyclopedia of Information Systems as well as several academic journals. His writing draws on his research and industry experience as an executive as well as a business consultant.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: THE INFORMATION AGE. 1. Business Information Systems: An Overview. 2. Strategic Uses of Information Systems. 3. Business Functions and Supply Chains. PART TWO: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 4. Business Hardware. 5. Business Software. 6. Business Networks and Telecommunications. 7. Database Management Systems. PART THREE: ONLINE BUSINESS. 8. The Web-enabled Enterprise. 9. Challenges in Global Information Systems. PART FOUR: DECISION SUPPORT AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE. 10. Decision Support and Expert Systems. 11. Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management. PART FIVE: PLANNING, ACQUISITION, AND CONTROLS. 12. System Planning and Development. 13. Choices in Systems Acquisition. 14. Risks, Security, and Disaster Recovery.