Introduction to information systems
Subtitle: supporting and transforming business
By: R. Kelly Rainer, Jr., Efraim Turban, Richard E. Potter ; with contributions by Dana Newton
Contributors: Turban, Efraim; Potter, Richard E.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9780471736363
Subjects: Information technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-386) and index.
Table of contents: title: Information systems : concepts and management; title: 1.1 Information systems : concepts and definitions; title: 1.2 Types of information systems; title: 1.3 Examples of information systems; title: 1.4 Managing information resources; title: 1.5 The plan of this book; title: The modern organization in the digital economy; title: 2.1 Doing business in the digital economy; title: 2.2 Business pressures, organizational responses, and IT support; title: 2.3 Competitive advantage and strategic information systems; title: 2.4 Why should you learn about information technology?; title: Ethics, privacy, and information security; title: 3.1 Ethical issues; title: 3.2 Threats to information security; title: 3.3 Protecting information resources; title: Data and knowledge management; title: 4.1 Managing data; title: 4.2 The database approach; title: 4.3 Database management systems; title: 4.4 Data warehousing; title: 4.5 Data visualization technologies; title: 4.6 Knowledge management; title: Network computing; title: 5.1 Types of networks; title: 5.2 The internet; title: 5.3 The World Wide Web; title: 5.4 Network applications; title: 5.5 E-learning and distance learning; title: 5.6 Telecommuting; title: E-business and e-commerce; title: 6.1 Overview of e-business and e-commerce; title: 6.2 Business-to-consumer (B2C) electronic commerce; title: 6.3 Business-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce; title: 6.4 Electronic payments; title: 6.5 Ethical and legal issues in e-business; title: Wireless, mobile computing, and mobile commerce; title: 7.1 Wireless technologies; title: 7.2 Wireless computer networks and internet access; title: 7.3 Mobile computing and mobile commerce; title: 7.4 Pervasive computing; title: 7.5 Wireless security; title: Organizational information systems; title: 8.1 Transaction processing systems; title: 8.2 Functional information systems; title: 8.3 Enterprise resource planning systems; title: 8.4 Customer relationship management; title: 8.5 Supply chain management systems; title: 8.6 Electronic data interchange and extranets; title: Managerial support systems; title: 9.1 Managers and decision making; title: 9.2 Decision support systems; title: 9.3 Enterprise and executive decision support systems; title: 9.4 Intelligent systems; title: Acquiring IT applications; title: 10.1 Planning for and justifying IT applications; title: 10.2 Strategies for acquiring IT applications; title: 10.3 The traditional systems development life cycle; title: 10.4 Alternative methods and tools for systems development; title: 10.5 Outsourcing and application service providers; title: 10.6 Vendor and software selection; title: Technology guide 1 Computer hardware; title: Tg1.1 Introduction; title: Tg1.2 The central processing unit; title: Tg1.3 Computer memory; title: Tg1.4 Computer hierarchy; title: Tg1.5 Input and output technologies; title: Tg1.6 General technological trends; title: Tg1.7 Strategic hardware issues; title: Technology guide 2 Introduction; title: Tg 2.1 Significance of software; title: Tg 2.2 Systems software; title: Tg 2.3 Application software; title: Tg 2.4 Software issues; title: Tg 2.5 Programming languages.