TY - BOOK AU - Kroenke,David M. TI - MIS essentials SN - 9780138018825 (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 658.4038011 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston PB - Prentice Hall KW - Management information systems KW - Business N1 - Part 1: MIS and You Chapter 1. The Importance of MIS Chapter 2. Business Processes, Information, and Information Systems Chapter 3. Organizational Strategy, Information Systems, and Competitive Advantage Part 2: Information Technology Chapter 4. Hardware and Software Chapter 5. Database Processing Chapter 6. Data Communication Part 3: Using IS for Competitive Strategy Chapter 7. Enterprise Systems Chapter 8. E-Commerce, Web 2.0, and Social Networking Chapter 9. Business Intelligence and Information Systems for Decision Making Part 4: Information Systems Management Chapter 10. Information Systems Development Chapter 11. Information Systems Management Chapter 12. Information Security Management N2 - This brief text shows readers how businesses use--and need--information systems to accomplish their goals, objectives, and competitive strategy ER -