Chapters cover what instructors want students to know about MIS while Extended Learning Modules (XLMs) show students what they can do with MIS. A contemporary writing style and a wealth of examples engage students like no other MIS text. Arranged with chapter opening cases that highlight how an organization has successfully implemented many of the chapter’s concepts and chapter closing cases that help students apply what they just learned gives students the hands-on knowledge that is applicable in both their personal and professional experiences.
Chapter One:
The Information Age in Which you Live: Changing the Face of Business
Extended Learning Module A:
Computer Hardware and Software
Chapter Two:
Major Business Initiatives: Gaining Competitive Advantage with IT
Extended Learning Module B:
The World Wide Web and the Internet
Chapter Three:
Database and Data Warehouses: Building Business Intelligence
Extended Learning Module C:
Designing Databases and Entity-Relationship Diagramming
Chapter Four:
Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence: Brainpower for Your Business
Extended Learning Module D:
Decision Analysis with Spreadsheet Software
Chapter Five:
Electronic Commerce: Strategies for the New Economy
Extended Learning Module E:
Network Basics (on CD)
Chapter Six:
Systems Development: Phases, Tools, and Techniques
Extended Learning Module F:
Building a Web Page with HTML (on CD)
Chapter Seven:
Enterprise Infrastructure and Integration: Building the Dynamic Enterprise
Extended Learning Module G:
Object-Oriented Technologies (on CD)
Chapter Eight:
Protecting People and Information: Threats and Safeguards
Extended Learning Module H:
Computer Crime and Forensics
Chapter Nine:
Emerging Trends and Technologies: Business, People, and Technology Tomorrow
Extended Learning Module I:
Building an E-Portfolio
Extended Learning Module J:
Implementing a Database with Microsoft Access (on CD)
Extended Learning Module K:
Careers in Business (on CD)
Extended Learning Module L:
Building Web Sites with FrontPage (on CD)
Extended Learning Module M:
Programming in Excel with VBA (on CD)
Group Projects
Glossary
Notes
Photo Credits
Index