| Title : | Business information systems: technology, development and management for the e-business | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Dave Chaffey, Author ; Paul Bocij, Author | | Edition statement: | 2nd Edition | | Publisher: | Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall | | Publication Date: | 2003 | | Pagination: | xxvii, 736 p. | | Layout: | ill (col) | | Size: | 27 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-273-65540-4 | | General note: | Information technology is at the centre of today’s business environment. The increasing importance of e-commerce and the integration of information systems in all areas of a business means it is crucial for managers to understand and implement IS (information systems). This major text, now in its second edition, provides the skills and knowledge necessary to choose the right systems, and to develop and manage them effectively. | | Class number: | 658.4038011 | | Abstract: | Business Information Systems: Technology, Development and Management assumes no prior knowledge of IS or IT, and emphasises the importance of IS to management decision making. It takes a 3 part structure: Part One covers hardware and software technologies; Part Two looks at information systems analysis and design; and Part Three describes the strategic management of IS. This successful format allows each section to be studied alongside individual modules, and enables students to focus clearly on specific areas and use the book for more than one course.
This book is suitable for college students, undergraduate degree and postgraduate students taking courses with modules in the practical IT skills of selection, implementation, management and use of BIS. The practical sections are also of use to managers in industry involved in the development and use of IS.
| | Contents note: | Part 1 Introduction to business information systems
1. Basic concepts - understanding information; 2. Basic concepts - an introduction to business information systems; 3. Hardware; 4. Software; 5. Networks, telecommunications and the Internet; 6. E-business applications
Part 2 Business Information Systems Development
7. An introduction to acquiring and developing BIS; 8. Initiating systems development; 9. BIS project management; 10. Systems analysis; 11. Systems design; 12. System build, implementation and maintenance
Part 3 Business Information Systems Management
13. BIS strategy; 14. Managing e-business; 15. Managing information security; 16. End-user computing - providing end-user services; 17. Ethical, legal and moral constraints on information systems |
Business information systems: technology, development and management for the e-business [printed text] / Dave Chaffey, Author ; Paul Bocij, Author . - 2nd Edition . - Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2003 . - xxvii, 736 p. : ill (col) ; 27 cm. ISBN : 978-0-273-65540-4 Information technology is at the centre of today’s business environment. The increasing importance of e-commerce and the integration of information systems in all areas of a business means it is crucial for managers to understand and implement IS (information systems). This major text, now in its second edition, provides the skills and knowledge necessary to choose the right systems, and to develop and manage them effectively. | Class number: | 658.4038011 | | Abstract: | Business Information Systems: Technology, Development and Management assumes no prior knowledge of IS or IT, and emphasises the importance of IS to management decision making. It takes a 3 part structure: Part One covers hardware and software technologies; Part Two looks at information systems analysis and design; and Part Three describes the strategic management of IS. This successful format allows each section to be studied alongside individual modules, and enables students to focus clearly on specific areas and use the book for more than one course.
This book is suitable for college students, undergraduate degree and postgraduate students taking courses with modules in the practical IT skills of selection, implementation, management and use of BIS. The practical sections are also of use to managers in industry involved in the development and use of IS.
| | Contents note: | Part 1 Introduction to business information systems
1. Basic concepts - understanding information; 2. Basic concepts - an introduction to business information systems; 3. Hardware; 4. Software; 5. Networks, telecommunications and the Internet; 6. E-business applications
Part 2 Business Information Systems Development
7. An introduction to acquiring and developing BIS; 8. Initiating systems development; 9. BIS project management; 10. Systems analysis; 11. Systems design; 12. System build, implementation and maintenance
Part 3 Business Information Systems Management
13. BIS strategy; 14. Managing e-business; 15. Managing information security; 16. End-user computing - providing end-user services; 17. Ethical, legal and moral constraints on information systems |
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