Fundamentals of Information Systems
Ralph Stair has taught at the University of Oregon, the University of Washington, the University of New Orleans, and Florida State University. He also has taught several courses through Florida State University's Study Abroad Program in London. Throughout the years, Dr. Stair has focused his teaching and research on information systems. He endowed the Ralph Stair Prize in Innovative Education at Florida State University and provided funding for the Stair-Harkrider scholarship and the Ralph Stair Prize in Academic Improvement at his high school in Wisconsin. He received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, an MBA from Tulane University, and a PhD from the University of Oregon.George Reynolds brings a wealth of business, teaching, and writing experience to this book. He combines exceptional teaching skills with a business career that stretches across four decades of working in government, institutional, and business IS organizations to deliver a text that is both practical and focused on the needs of today's student. The author of more than two dozen successful textbooks addressing various aspects of information technology and business, Professor Reynolds has taught IS at the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University (Ohio), Miami University, the College of Mount St. Joseph, and Strayer University. In addition, he has held positions at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas; the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California; and Procter & Gamble and Atos IT Services in Cincinnati, Ohio.