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Introduction to Information Systems, Loose Leaf

16th Edition
0071318046 · 9780071318044
O’Brien’s Introduction to Information Systems 16e reflects the contemporary use of enterprise-wide business systems. New real-world case studies continue to correspond with this industry reality. The text’s focus is on teaching the future manag… Read More
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MODULE I Foundation Concepts
1. Foundations of Information Systems in Business
2. Competing with Information Technology

MODULE II Information Technologies
3. Computer Hardware
4. Computer Software
5. Data Resource Management
6. Telecommunications and Networks

Module III e-Business Applications
7. e-Business Systems
8. Business Across the Enterprise
9. e-Commerce Systems
10. Supporting Decision Making

MODULE IV Development Processes
11. Business/IT Strategies for Development
12. Implementing Business/IT Solutions

MODULE V Management Challenges
13. Security and Ethical Challenges
14. Enterprise and Global Management of Information Technology

Review Quiz Answers
Selected References
Glossary for Business Professionals
Name Index
Company Index
Subject Index
O’Brien’s Introduction to Information Systems 16e reflects the contemporary use of enterprise-wide business systems. New real-world case studies continue to correspond with this industry reality. The text’s focus is on teaching the future manager the potential effect on business of the most current IT technologies such as the Internet, Intranets, and Extranets for enterprise collaboration, and how IT contributes to competitive advantage, reengineering business processes, problem solving, and decision-making.

The benchmark text for the syllabus organized by technology (a week on databases, a week on networks, a week on systems development, etc.) taught from a managerial perspective. O’Brien defines technology and then explains how companies use the technology to improve performance. Real world cases finalize the explanation.

Introduction to Information Systems is designed for use in undergraduate or introductory MBA course in Management Information Systems, which are required in many Business Administration or management programs as part of the common body of knowledge for all business majors.
More new Real World Cases: More than two-thirds of the cases are new to the Sixteenth Edition. These up-to-date cases provide students with in-depth business examples of the successes and challenges that companies are experiencing in implementing the information technology concepts covered in each chapter
One note for clarificationthe new look and feel to this sixteenth edition has changed the previous blue boxes to green. Although we now call them by their new name, their intention remains the sameto help develop a more focused, and in-depth understanding of the topic area under study.
www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/AE_Computers_in_Society_1011.pdf This convenient guide matches the units in Annual Editions: Computers in Society 10/11 with the corresponding chapters in three of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Computer Science textbooks by O'Brien/Marakis, Haag/Cummings, and Baltzan/Phillips.
Provides opportunities to learn about real people and companies in the business world with Real World Challenges and Real World Solutions.
Organizes the text around a simple Five-Area Information Systems Framework that emphasizes the IS knowledge a business professional needs to know.
Places a major emphasis on the strategic role of information technology in providing business professionals with tools and resources for managing business operations, supporting decision making, enabling enterprise collaboration, and gaining competitive advantage.
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