About the Book
Information Methods takes a highly practical approach that helps students to acquire the skills they need to handle and communicate information with confidence in a wide variety of situations. Students can practice building their analytical and creative thinking skills. Students will also develop the writing and research skills that are vital for success in an academic context. The book's coverage extends to the different forms of writing in a business context. In addition, students are introduced to Web 2.0, social networking, database processing, global information systems and usability issues.
This custom edition is published for Swinburne University and Open Universities Australia.
Table of Contents:
READING 1: 1
Faigley, L 2011, `Composing’, in The Little Penguin Handbook, Australasian Edition, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, pp. 1-22.
READING 2: 23
Faigley, L 2011, `Researching’, in The Little Penguin Handbook, Australasian Edition, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, pp. 23-56.
READING 3: 58
Faigley, L 2011, `Harvard documentation’, in The Little Penguin Handbook, Australasian Edition, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, pp. 140-174.
READING 4: 93
McCulloch, R & Reid, A 2012, `Other forms of business writing’, in
Your Business Degree, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, pp. 95-110.
READING 5: 109
Bernal, J 2010, `Web 2.0 and social networking’, in Web 2.0 and Social Networking for the Enterprise, IBM Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ, pp. 1-28.
READING 6: 138
Kroenke, D, Bunker, D & Wilson D 2012, `Digital commerce and Web 2.0’,
in Experiencing MIS, 2nd edn, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW,
pp. 254-255.
READING 7: 140
Kroenke, D, Bunker, D & Wilson D 2012, `Database processing’, in Experiencing MIS, 2nd edn, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW,
pp. 110-143.
READING 8: 175
Benyon, D 2010, `Usability’, in Designing Interactive Systems, 2nd edn,
Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, Essex, pp. 79-96.
READING 9: 193
McCulloch, R & Reid, A 2012, `Introduction to critical thinking’, in
Your Business Degree, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, pp. 17-26.
READING 10: 203
McCulloch, R & Reid, A 2012, `Critical thinking toolkit: the AREA process’, in Your Business Degree, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, pp. 27-44.
READING 11: 221
Carter, C, Bishop, J & Lyman Kravits, S 2012, `Critical, creative and practical thinking’, in Keys to Success Quick!, Pearson Education, Inc., Boston, MA,
pp. 45-60.
READING 12: 237
Carter, C, Bishop, J & Lyman Kravits, S 2012, `Reading and information literacy’, in Keys to Success Quick!, Pearson Education, Inc., Boston, MA,
pp. 61-76.
READING 13: 254
Kroenke, D, Bunker, D & Wilson D 2012, `The International Dimension: Global Information Systems’, in Experiencing MIS, 2nd edn, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, pp. 302-307.
READING 14: 260
Carl, J, Baker, S, Robards, B, Scott, J, Hillman, W & Lawrence, G 2012, `Globalisation’, in Think Sociology, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, pp.186-206.
