Authors: James A. O'Brien, George Marakas
ISBN-13: 9780073376769, ISBN-10: 0073376760
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: November 2008
Edition: 9th Edition
George M. Marakas is an associate professor of Information Systems at the School of Business at the University of Kansas. His teaching expertise includes Systems Analysis and Design, Technology-Assisted Decision Making, Electronic Commerce, Management of IS Resources, Behavioral IS Research Methods, and Data Visualization and Decision Support. In addition, George is an active researcher in the area of Systems Analysis Methods, Data Mining and Visualization, Creativity Enhancement, Conceptual Data Modeling, and Computer Self-Efficacy.
George received his PhD in Information Systems from Florida International University in Miami and his MBA from Colorado State University. Throughout his academic career, George has distinguished himself both through his research and in the classroom. He has received numerous national teaching awards and his research has appeared in the top journals in his field. In addition to this text, he is also the author of three best-selling textbooks in information systems: Decision Support Systems for the 21st Century, Systems Analysis and Design: An Active Approach, and Data Warehousing, Mining, and Visualization: Core Concepts.
The benchmark text for the syllabus organized by technology (a week on databases, a week on networks, a week on systems development, etc.) taught from a managerial perspective. O’Brien defines technology and then explains how companies use the technology to improve performance. Real world cases finalize the explanation.
Module I | Foundation concepts | |
Ch. 1 | Foundations of information systems in business | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Competing with information technology | 39 |
Module II | Information technologies | |
Ch. 3 | Computer hardware | 67 |
Ch. 4 | Computer software | 103 |
Ch. 5 | Data resource management | 139 |
Ch. 6 | Telecommunications and networks | 171 |
Module III | Business applications | |
Ch. 7 | Electronic business systems | 213 |
Ch. 8 | Enterprise business systems | 247 |
Ch. 9 | Electronic commerce systems | 283 |
Ch. 10 | Decision support systems | 319 |
Module IV | Development processes | |
Ch. 11 | Developing business/IT strategies | 369 |
Ch. 12 | Developing business/IT solutions | 399 |
Module V | Management challenges | |
Ch. 13 | Security and ethical challenges | 433 |
Ch. 14 | Enterprise and global management of information technology | 475 |
App | Real world case studies | 509 |