Management information systems : strategy and action

Includes index

Part 1 Introduction to information systems. Part 2 People, organizations and management: people and organizations; systems and models; management and decision making. Part 3 Information technology concepts: hardware fundamentals; software fundamentals; file management and database processing; telecommunications. Part 4 Management information systems in practice: transaction processing, accounting and information reporting systems; decision support and executive information systems; knowledge-based systems; office automation; MIS in the functional areas of business. Part 5 Building management information systems: systems analysis; system design; acquisition, implementation and maintenance; end-user development and computing. Part 6 Information systems management: information resource management; selected issues in information systems management.

The new edition of this MIS text retains the managerial perspective of the first edition. A "strategy-action" theme emphasizes the role of people in information systems, and balances technical with managerial issues, and is reinforced by boxed features and end-of-chapter case studies