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Management information systems.
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| Descript |
1 online resource (545 pages) |
| Content |
text txt |
| Media |
computer c |
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online resource cr |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Authors -- Brief Contents -- Complete Contents -- Business Cases and Interactive Sessions -- Preface -- Part I Information Systems in the Digital Age -- 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career -- Chapter-Opening Case: Premier League: The Power of IT Analytics -- 1-1 Why are information systems so essential for running and managing a business today? -- How Information Systems are Transforming Business -- What's New in Management Information Systems? -- Globalization Challenges and Opportunities: A Flattened World -- Interactive Session: People Can You Run Your Company with Your iPhone? -- Business Drivers of Information Systems -- 1-2 What exactly is an information system? How does it work? What are its people, organizational, and technology components? -- What is an Information System? -- It isn't Simply Technology: The Role of People and Organizations -- Dimensions of Information Systems -- Interactive Session: Technology Digital Transformation of Healthcare at Singapore's JurongHealth Services -- 1-3 How will a four-step method for business problem solving help you solve information system-related problems? -- The Problem-Solving Approach -- A Model of the Problem-Solving Process -- The Role of Critical Thinking in Problem Solving -- The Connections Among Business Objectives, Problems, and Solutions -- 1-4 What information systems skills and knowledge are essential for business careers? -- How Information Systems will Affect Business Careers -- Information Systems and Business Careers: Wrap-Up -- How This Book Prepares You for the Future -- 1-5 How will MIS help my career? -- The Company -- Position Description -- Job Requirements -- Interview Questions -- Author Tips -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects. |
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Management Decision Problems -- Improving Decision Making: Using Databases to Analyze Sales Trends -- Improving Decision Making: Using The Internet to Locate Jobs Requiring Information Systems Knowledge -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case Did Information Systems Cause Deutsche Bank to Stumble? -- 2 Global E-business and Collaboration -- Chapter-Opening Case: Enterprise Social Networking Helps Sanofi Pasteur Innovate and Improve Quality -- 2-1 What major features of a business are important for understanding the role of information systems? -- Organizing a Business: Basic Business Functions -- Business Processes -- Managing a Business and Firm Hierarchies -- The Business Environment -- The Role of Information Systems in a Business -- 2-2 How do systems serve different management groups in a business, and how do systems that link the enterprise improve organizational performance? -- Systems for Different Management Groups -- Systems for Linking the Enterprise -- Interactive Session: People Data Changes How NFL Teams Play the Game and How Fans See It -- E-Business, E-Commerce, and E-Government -- 2-3 Why are systems for collaboration and social business so important, and what technologies do they use? -- What is Collaboration? -- What is Social Business? -- Business Benefits of Collaboration and Social Business -- Building a Collaborative Culture and Business Processes -- Tools and Technologies for Collaboration and Social Business -- Interactive Session: Technology Collaborating the Glasscubes Way -- 2-4 What is the role of the information systems function in a business? -- The Information Systems Department -- Information Systems Services -- 2-5 How will MIS help my career? -- The Company -- Position Description -- Job Requirements -- Interview Questions -- Author Tips -- Review Summary -- Key Terms. |
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Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problems -- Improving Decision Making: Use a Spreadsheet to Select Suppliers -- Achieving Operational Excellence: Using Internet Software to Plan Efficient Transportation Routes -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case Can a Rugby Union Teach Businesses How to Turn Customers into Supporters? -- 3 Achieving Competitive Advantage with Information Systems -- Chapter-Opening Case: Tate & -- Lyle Devise a Global IT Strategy -- 3-1 How do Porter's competitive forces model, the value chain model, synergies, core competencies, and network-based strategies help companies use information systems for competitive advantage? -- Porter's Competitive Forces Model -- Information System Strategies For Dealing With Competitive Forces -- Interactive Session: People Can Technology Replace Managers? -- The Internet's Impact on Competitive Advantage -- The Business Value Chain Model -- Synergies, Core Competencies, and Network-Based Strategies -- Disruptive Technologies: Riding the Wave -- 3-2 How do information systems help businesses compete globally? -- The Internet and Globalization -- Global Business and System Strategies -- Global System Configuration -- 3-3 How do information systems help businesses compete using quality and design? -- What is Quality? -- How Information Systems Improve Quality -- 3-4 What is the role of business process management (BPM) in enhancing competitiveness? -- What is Business Process Management? -- Interactive Session: Organizations Carter's Redesigns Its Business Processes -- 3-5 How will MIS help my career? -- The Company -- Position Description -- Job Requirements -- Interview Questions -- Author Tips -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects. |
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Management Decision Problems -- Improving Decision Making: Using a Database to Clarify Business Strategy -- Improving Decision Making: Using Web Tools To Configure And Price An Automobile -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case Walmart Versus Amazon and the Future of Retail -- 4 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems -- Chapter-Opening Case: The Dark Side of Big Data -- 4-1 What ethical, social, and political issues are raised by information systems? -- A Model for Thinking About Ethical, Social, and Political Issues -- Five Moral Dimensions of the Information Age -- Key Technology Trends That Raise Ethical Issues -- 4-2 What specific principles for conduct can be used to guide ethical decisions? -- Basic Concepts: Responsibility, Accountability, and Liability -- Ethical Analysis -- Candidate Ethical Principles -- Professional Codes of Conduct -- Some Real-World Ethical Dilemmas -- 4-3 Why do contemporary information systems technology and the Internet pose challenges to the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property? -- Information Rights: Privacy and Freedom in the Internet Age -- Property Rights: Intellectual Property -- 4-4 How have information systems affected laws for establishing accountability and liability and the quality of everyday life? -- Computer-Related Liability Problems -- System Quality: Data Quality and System Errors -- Quality of Life: Equity, Access, and Boundaries -- Interactive Session: Technology Volkswagen Pollutes Its Reputation with Software to Evade Emissions Testing -- Interactive Session: People Will Automation Kill Jobs? -- Health Risks: RSI, CVS, and Cognitive Decline -- 4-5 How will MIS help my career? -- The Company -- Position Description -- Job Requirements -- Interview Questions -- Author Tips -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions. |
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Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problems -- Achieving Operational Excellence: Creating a Simple Blog -- Improving Decision Making: Analyzing Web Browser Privacy -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case Facebook Privacy: Your Life for Sale -- Part II Information Technology Infrastructure -- 5 IT Infrastructure: Hardware and Software -- Chapter-Opening Case: Southeast Asia's Grab Leverages Information Technology to Enhance Its Services -- 5-1 What are the components of IT infrastructure? -- IT Infrastructure Components -- 5-2 What are the major computer hardware, data storage, input, and output technologies used in business and the major hardware trends? -- Types of Computers -- Storage, Input, and Output Technology -- Contemporary Hardware Trends -- Interactive Session: Technology Wearable Computers Change How We Work -- Interactive Session: Organizations Glory Finds Solutions in the Cloud -- 5-3 What are the major types of computer software used in business and the major software trends? -- Operating System Software -- Application Software and Desktop Productivity Tools -- HTML and HTML5 -- Web Services -- Software Trends -- 5-4 What are the principal issues in managing hardware and software technology? -- Capacity Planning and Scalability -- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Technology Assets -- Using Technology Service Providers -- Managing Mobile Platforms -- Managing Software Localization for Global Business -- 5-5 How will MIS help my career? -- The Company -- Position Description -- Job Requirements -- Interview Questions -- Author Tips -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problems -- Improving Decision Making: Using a Spreadsheet to Evaluate Hardware and Software Options. |
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Improving Decision Making: Using Web Research to Budget For a Sales Conference. |
| Note |
3 x 1U |
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3 concurrent users. UkHlHU |
| Alt author |
Laudon, Jane.
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| ISBN |
9781292253435 (e-book) |
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