Management information systems : managing information technology in the internetworked enterprise

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Management information systems : managing information technology in the internetworked enterprise

James A. O'Brien

Irwin/McGraw-Hill, c1999

4th ed., international ed

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Description

Of the three books by James O'Brien, this text has the strongest focus on managers (versus end users) of IT/IS with an introduction to the systems approach to problem solving and IS development. This edition features two new chapters on the Internet and electronic commerce and intranets.

Table of Contents

  • Foundations of information systems
  • introduction to information systems in business
  • why study information systems?
  • why businesses need information technology
  • fundamentals of informations systems
  • information technology - a managerial overview
  • introduction to computer hardware
  • computer systems - end user and enterprise computing
  • computer peripherals - input, output and storage technologies
  • introduction to computer software
  • application software - end user applications
  • technical foundations of database management
  • business application so of information technology
  • the Internet and electronic commerce
  • the Internet and business
  • fundamentals of electronic commerc
  • intranets and extranets in business
  • strategic applications and issues in information technology
  • managing information technology
  • managing IT - security and ethical challenges
  • ethical and societal challenges of information technology.

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