Overview

Business Driven Information Systems story: Business Driven Information Systems discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives should drive technology choices. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs.

This text provides the foundation that will enable students to achieve excellence in business, whether they major in operations management, manufacturing, sales, marketing, finance, human resources, accounting, or virtually any other business discipline. Business Driven Information Systems is designed to give students the ability to understand how information technology can be a point of strength for an organization.

Module One: Business Driven MIS

Chapter 1: Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Chapter 2: Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Chapter 3: E-Business: Electronic Business Value

Chapter 4: Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Module Two: Technical Foundations of MIS

Chapter 5: Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Chapter 6: Data: Business Intelligence

Chapter 7: Networks: Mobile Business

Module Three: Enterprise MIS

Chapter 8: Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Chapter 9: Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Appendix A: Hardware and Software Basics

Appendix B: Networks and Telecommunications

Appendix C: Designing Databases