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The goal of Rainer, Intro IS 4e, is to teach all business majors, especially undergraduate ones, how to use information technology to master their current or future jobs and to help ensure the success of their organization.  To accomplish this goal, this text helps students to become informed users; that is, persons knowledgeable about information systems and information technology. The focus is not on merely learning the concepts of IT but rather on applying those concepts to facilitate business processes. Rainer concentrates on placing information systems in the context of business, so that students will more readily grasp the concepts presented in the text.    The theme of this book is What's In IT for Me? This question is asked by all students who take this course. The book will show you that IT is the backbone of any business, whether a student is majoring in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, or Production/Operations Management.

Table of Contents:
[Chapter 1] Introduction to Information Systems 2 1.1: Why Should I Study Information Systems? 6 1.2: Overview of Computer-Based Information Systems 12 1.3: How Does IT Impact Organizations? 20 1.4: Importance of Information Systems to Society 22 [Chapter 2] Organizational Strategy, Competitive Advantage, and Information Systems 30 2.1: Business Processes 35 2.2: Business Process Reengineering and Business Process Management 38 2.3: Business Pressures, Organizational Responses, and Information Technology Support 39 2.4: Competitive Strategy and Strategic Information Systems 47 2.5: Business–Information Technology Alignment 53 [Chapter 3] Ethics and Privacy 60 3.1: Ethical Issues 65 3.2: Privacy 69 [Chapter 4] Information Security 78 4.1: Introduction to Information Security 83 4.2: Unintentional Threats to Information Systems 84 4.3: Deliberate Threats to Information Systems 87 4.4: What Organizations Are Doing to Protect Information Resources 93 4.5: Information Security Controls 94 [Chapter 5] Data and Knowledge Management 110 5.1: Managing Data 115 5.2: The Database Approach 117 5.3: Database Management Systems 122 5.4: Data Warehouses and Data Marts 127 5.5: Knowledge Management 135 [Chapter 6] Networks 144 6.1: What Is a Computer Network? 149 6.2: Network Fundamentals 151 6.3: The Internet and the World Wide Web 157 6.4: Network Applications 161 [Chapter 7] E-Business and E-Commerce 180 7.1: Overview of E-Business and E-Commerce 185 7.2: Business-to-Consumer (B2C) Electronic Commerce 189 7.3: Business-to-Business (B2B) Electronic Commerce 197 7.4: Electronic Payments 199 7.5: Ethical and Legal Issues in E-Business 202 [Chapter 8] Wireless, Mobile Computing, and Mobile Commerce 212 8.1: Wireless Technologies 217 8.2: Wireless Computer Networks and Internet Access 222 8.3: Mobile Computing and Mobile Commerce 228 8.4: Pervasive Computing 233 8.5: Wireless Security 235 [Chapter 9] Web 2.0 and Social Networks 242 9.1: Web 2.0 Underlying Technologies 246 9.2: Web 2.0 Applications 248 9.3: Categories of Web 2.0 Sites 253 [Chapter 10] Information Systems within the Organization 262 10.1: Transaction Processing Systems 266 10.2: Functional Area Information Systems 267 10.3: Enterprise Resource Planning Systems 273 10.4: Reports 278 [Chapter 11] Customer Relationship Management and Supply Chain Management 284 11.1: Defining Customer Relationship Management 288 11.2: Operational Customer Relationship Management Systems 292 11.3: Analytical Customer Relationship Management Systems 296 11.4: Other Types of Customer Relationship Management Systems 297 11.5: Supply Chains 299 11.6: Supply Chain Management 301 11.7: Information Technology Support for Supply Chain Management 305 [Chapter 12] Business Intelligence 316 12.1: Managers and Decision Making 320 12.2: What Is Business Intelligence? 324 12.3: Business Intelligence Applications for Data Analysis 328 12.4: Business Intelligence Applications for Presenting Results 330 12.5: Business Intelligence in Action: Corporate Performance Management 335 [Chapter 13] Acquiring Information Systems and Applications 342 13.1: Planning for and Justifying IT Applications 346 13.2: Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications 350 13.3: The Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle 356 13.4: Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development 361 13.5: Vendor and Software Selection 364 [Technology Guide 1] Hardware 372 TG 1.1: Introduction 374 TG 1.2: Strategic Hardware Issues 374 TG 1.3: Computer Hierarchy 375 TG 1.4: Input and Output Technologies 377 TG 1.5: The Central Processing Unit 380 [Technology Guide 2] Software 390 TG 2.1: Introduction to Software 392 TG 2.2: Software Issues 393 TG 2.3: Systems Software 394 TG 2.4: Application Software 395 [Technology Guide 3] Emerging Types of Enterprise Computing 400 TG 3.1: Introduction 402 TG 3.2: Server Farms 403 TG 3.3: Virtualization 403 TG 3.4: Grid Computing 405 TG 3.5: Utility Computing 406 TG 3.6: Cloud Computing 406 TG 3.7: Emerging Software Trends 409 [Technology Guide 4] Intelligent Systems 414 TG 4.1: Introduction to Intelligent Systems 416 TG 4.2: Expert Systems 418 TG 4.3: Neural Networks 422 TG 4.4: Fuzzy Logic 423 TG 4.5: Genetic Algorithms 424 TG 4.6: Intelligent Agents 425 [Technology Guide 5] Protecting Your Information Assets 430 TG 5.1: Introduction 432 TG 5.2: Behavioral Actions to Protect Your Information Assets 432 TG 5.3: Computer-Based Actions to Protect Your Information Assets 435 [Index] 454


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118214251
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Enabling and Transforming Business
  • ISBN-10: 1118214250
  • Publisher Date: 22 Nov 2011
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Returnable: N


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