INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS

A Networked Enterprise Perspective
2ND ALTERNATE EDITION
JAMES A. O'BRIEN

INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS:
A Networked Enterprise Perspective
2nd Alternate Edition
ISBN: 0-256-25196-7

James A. O'Brien

Designed for Introduction to Information Systems course required in four-year schools of business at the undergraduate level, usually taught in the freshman or sophomore year. Also taught at select two year schools and found in MBA programs that require course for incoming graduate students. The 2nd Alt. Ed. is a revision of the 8/E plus 3 chapters (in Module III) that have an Internet/telecommunications focus. This edition of O'Brien is the most up-to-date one yet with hot topics like the Internet, intranets, extranets, electronic commerce, Java and other new developments in technology found throughout as well as concentrated in the 2 new chapters.

Features:

2 brand new chapters 6--The Internet and Electronic Commerce and 7--Intranets, Extranets, and Electronic Collaboration;

All new real world cases (2 per chapter) and real world problems (4 per chapter) from 1997 sources like Computerworld, Fortune, and other business/IT publications. O'Brien vs. competition always has the most up-to-date and current case material;

All new 5-part continuing real world case found at the end of each module called Business on the Internet, featuring companies like Amazon.com books, Yahoo, Excite, and others.

Simple five-level framework--as with all O'Brien texts, the 2nd Alt. Ed. is organized around the five-level framework (foundation concepts, technology, applications, development, management) that emphasizes the IS knowledge a managerial end user needs to know.

Distributes and integrates IS theory throughout, instead of concentrating it in early chapters.

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Module I Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction to Information Systems in Business
Section I: Why Businesses Need Information Technology
Section II: Fundamentals of Information Systems

Module II Technology

Chapter 2 Introduction to Computer Hardware
     Section I: Computers Systems: End User and Enterprise Computing
     Section II: Computer Peripherals: Input, Output, and Storage Technologies
Chapter 3 Introduction to Computer Software
     Section I: Application Software: End User Applications
     Section II: System Software: Computer System Management
Chapter 4 Introduction to Database Management
     Section I: Database Management
     Section II: Technical Foundations of Database Management

Module III Networking the Enterprise

Chapter 5 Introduction to Business Telecommunications
     Section I: Overview of Business Telecommunications and Networks
     Section II: Technical Telecommunications Alternatives
Chapter 6 The Internet and Electronic Commerce
     Section I: The Internet and Business
     Section II: Fundamentals of Electronic Commerce
Chapter 7 Intranets, Extranets, and Electronic Collaboration
     Section I: Intranets and Extranets in Business
     Section II: Enterprise Collaboration Systems

Module IV Applications

Chapter 8 Information Systems for Business Operations
     Section I: Business Information Systems
     Section II: Transaction Processing Systems
Chapter 9 Information Systems for Managerial Decision Support
     Section I: Management Information and Decision Support Systems
     Section II: Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Business
Chapter 10 Information Systems for Strategic Advantage
     Section I: Fundamentals of Strategic Advantage
     Section II: Strategic Applications and Issues in Information Technology

Module V Development and Management

Chapter 11 Developing Business Solutions with Information Technology
     Section I: Developing Information System Solutions
     Section II: Implementing Business Change with Information Technology
Chapter 12 Enterprise and Global Management of Information Technology
     Section I: Managing Information Resources and Technologies
     Section II: Global Information Technology Management
Chapter 13 Security and Ethical Challenges of Information Technology
     Section I: Security and Control Issues in Information Systems
     Section II: Ethical and Societal Challenges of Information Technology
Name Index
Organization Index
Subject Index

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