Business information systems : analysis, design and practice

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Business information systems : analysis, design and practice

Graham Curtis and David Cobham

Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2005, c2004

5th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Helps students to gain a comprehensive understanding of how information systems can aid the realisation of business objectives. The book covers BIS from a business, technical and systems development perspective.With balanced and clear coverage of the more technical systems aspects of BIS and the softer, more managerial topics together with an analytical approach, this well-established text provides a solid coverage of the topic from systems, design analysis and planning to data mining, business intelligence and knowledge management. Companion website includes multiple choice questions, hints to help you answer the questions in the book, weblinks, an online glossary and additional case studies Suitable to students taking a BIS degree or a BIS module on a business or computing degree.

Table of Contents

1. Information Systems 2. Strategy and Information Systems 3. Business Information Technology 4. Distributed Systems, Networks and the Organization 5. Business, the World Wide Web, and the Internet 6. Electronic Commerce and Business 7. Decision Support and End-user Computing 8. File Organization and Databases for Business Information Systems 9. Control in Information Systems 10. Information Systems Development: An Overview 11. The Systems Project: Early Stages 12. Process Analysis and Modelling 13. Data Analysis and Modelling 14. Systems Design 15. Detailed Design, Implementation and Review 16. Systems Development: Further Tools, Techniques and Alternative Approaches 17. Expert Systems and Knowledge Bases

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