Description
Book SynopsisBaltzan; M: Information Systems is an MIS fundamentals text written in an engaging visual, magazine format designed to intrigue your students from the start! Saturated with fascinating, sometimes hard-to-believe real-life examples, M will keep students intrigued throughout the course.
Baltzan's approach discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique writing approach is that business initiatives drive technology choices in a corporation. This approach takes difficult and often intangible MIS concepts, brings them down to a student''s level, and applies them using a hands-on approach to reinforce the concepts learned.
A derivative of the Baltzan; Business Driven Technology text, M: Information Systems provides the foundation that will enable students to achieve excellence in business, whether they major in operations managem
Table of Contents
MODULE ONE: BUSINESS DRIVEN MIS
CHAPTER 1: Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS
CHAPTER 2: Decisions + Processes: Value Driven Business
CHAPTER 3: Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value
CHAPTER 4: Ethics + Information Security: MIS Business Concerns
MODULE TWO: TECHNICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MIS
CHAPTER 5: Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies
CHAPTER 6: Data: Business Intelligence
CHAPTER 7: Networks: Mobile Business
MODULE THREE: ENTERPRISE MIS
CHAPTER 8: Enterprise Applications: Business Communications
CHAPTER 9: Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility
APPENDIXES available as online resources
APPENDIX A: Hardware and Software Basics
APPENDIX B: Networks and Telecommunications
APPENDIX C: Designing Databases
APPENDIX D: Emerging Trends and Technologies
APPENDIX E: Connectivity: The Business Value of a Networked World
APPENDIX F: Business Intelligence and Data Mining
