Key Benefit: This brief text is ideal for courses on quarter systems and those that combine a MIS text with hands-on software, projects, or case studies. Key Topics: These authoritative authors continue to define the MIS course by emphasizing how business objectives shape the application of new information systems and technologies and integrating a career orientation that demonstrates the relevance of information systems to all business students regardless of their major. Market: For introductory undergraduate courses in Information Systems taught in MIS, IS, CIS, Business and Management departments.