Management Information Systems

 

Contents

 

Preface

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PART I           COMPUTER AS AN ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

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Chapter  1        Computer-Based Information System

Chapter  2        Information Technology for Competitive Advantage

Chapter  3        Electronic Commerce

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PART II          CURRENT FOCUS IN INFORMATION SYSTEM USE

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Chapter  4        Computer Use in an International Market

Chapter  5        Computer Crime, Ethics and Social Issues

Chapter  6        Security, Privacy and Control

Chapter  7        Careers in the Information Technology Industry

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PART III        SYSTEMS THEORY AND METHODOLOGIES

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Chapter  8        General Systems Model of the Firm

Chapter  9        Systems Approach

Chapter 10       System Life Cycle Methodologies

Chapter 11       Entity Relationship Data Modeling

Chapter 12       Object Modeling

Chapter 13       Internet Application Challenge

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PART IV        INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

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Chapter 14       Computer Concepts

Chapter 15       Processing and Memory

Chapter 16       How Computers Store Data

Chapter 17       Input to the Computer and Computer Output

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PART V          MAKING COMPUTERS WORK FOR YOU

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Chapter 18       Software

Chapter 19       Program Design and Programming Languages

Chapter 20       Database Management Systems

Chapter 21       Object Relational Database Management Systems

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PART VI        GETTING CONNECTED

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Chapter 22       Telecommunications

Chapter 23       LANs, WANs and Intranet

Chapter 24       Information Superhighway and the Internet

Chapter 25       World Wide Web

Chapter 26       Client/Server Architecture

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PART VII       COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM

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Chapter 27       Accounting Information System

Chapter 28       Management Information System

Chapter 29       Decision Support Systems

Chapter 30       Virtual Office

Chapter 31       Knowledge-Based Systems

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PART VIII     ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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Chapter 32       Executive Information Systems

Chapter 33       Marketing Information Systems

Chapter 34       Manufacturing Information Systems

Chapter 35       Financial Information Systems

Chapter 36       Human Resources Information Systems

Chapter 37       Information Resources Information Systems

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Appendix A      Acronyms

Appendix B      Glossary