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[Ebook PDF] Management Information Systems, 4th Edition
Author: R. Kelly Rainer (Author), Brad Prince (Author), Hugh J. Watson (Author)
The 4th Edition of Management Information Systems promotes active learning like no other text in the market. Each chapter is comprised of tightly coupled concepts and section-level student activities that transport your students from passively learning about IS to doing IS in a realistic context.
Brief Contents
PREFACE vii
1 Introduction to Information Systems 1
2 Organizational Strategy, Competitive Advantage, and Information Systems 33
3 Data and Knowledge Management 56
4 Telecommunications and Networking 91
5 Business Analytics 127
6 Ethics and Privacy 155
7 Information Security 176
8 Social Computing 209
9 E-Business and E-Commerce 244
10 Wireless, Mobile Computing, and Mobile Commerce 274
11 Information Systems within the Organization 306
12 Customer Relationship Management 331
13 Supply Chain Management 352
14 Acquiring Information Systems and Applications 370
PLUG IT IN 1 Business Processes and Business Process Management 398
PLUG IT IN 2 Hardware and Soft ware 411
PLUG IT IN 3 Fundamentals of Relational Database Operations 431
PLUG IT IN 4 Cloud Computing 441
PLUG IT IN 5 Artificial Intelligence 464
PLUG IT IN 6 Project Management 477
PLUG IT IN 7 Protecting Your Information
Assets 488
INDEX 507
PREFACE
Chapter Organization
Each chapter contains the following elements:
• Chapter Outline: Lists the major concepts covered in each chapter.
• Learning Objectives: Provide an overview of the key learning goals that students should achieve after reading the chapter.
• Chapter-Opening Case: A short case that focuses on a small or start-up company that is using information systems to solve a business problem. Cases in introductory information systems textbooks typically involve very large organizations. In contrast, our chapter-opening cases demonstrate that small and start-up companies also have business problems that they address using information systems. Students
will see that small firms usually have to be quite creative in building and implementing IS solutions, because they do not have MIS departments or large budgets. These small-business cases also add an entrepreneurial flavor to each chapter for students who are planning to start their own businesses.
• Apply the Concept Activities: This book’s unique pedagogical structure is designed to keep students actively engaged with the course material. Reading material in each chapter subsection is immediately followed by an “Apply the Concept” activity that is directly related to a chapter objective. These activities include links to online videos and articles and other hands-on activities that require students to immediately apply what they have learned. Via WileyPLUS, instructors can assign a section of text along with an Apply the Concept activity. Each Apply the Concept has the following elements:
• Background (places the activity in the context of relevant reading material)
• Activity (a hands-on activity that students carry out)
• Deliverable (various tasks for students to complete as they perform the activity)
• IT’s About Business: Short cases that demonstrate real world applications of IT to business. Each case is accompanied by questions relating the case to concepts covered in the chapter. Icons relate these boxes to the specific functional areas.
• IT’s Personal: Sprinkled throughout the chapters, these short vignettes explain the relevance of MIS concepts to students’ daily lives.
• Before You Go On: End-of-section reviews prompt students to pause and test their understanding of concepts before moving on to the next section.
• Examples: Interspersed throughout the text, these highlight the use (and misuse) of information systems by real-world organizations, thereby illustrating the concepts discussed in the chapter.
• What’s in IT for Me?: A unique end-of-chapter summary that demonstrates the relevance of each key chapter topic to different functional areas, including accounting, finance, marketing, production/operations management, human resources management, and management information systems. This cross-functional focus makes the book accessible for students from any major.
• Summary: Keyed to the Learning Objectives listed at the beginning of the chapter, the summary enables students to review major concepts covered.
• Discussion Questions and Problem-Solving Activities: Provide practice through active learning. These exercises are hands-on opportunities to apply the concepts dis cussed in the chapter.
• Collaboration Exercises: Team exercises that require students to take on different functional roles and collaborate to solve business problems using Google Drive. These exercises allow students to get first-hand experience solving business problems using Cloud-based tools while also experiencing an authentic business team dynamic.
• Closing Cases: Each chapter concludes with two cases about business problems faced by actual companies and how they used IS to solve those issues. The cases are broken down into three parts: a description of the problem, an overview of the IS solution implemented, and a presentation of the results of the implementation. Each case is followed by discussion questions, so that students can further explore the concepts presented in the case.
• Spreadsheet Activity: Every chapter includes a hands-on spreadsheet project that requires students to practice their Excel skills within the context of the chapter material. WileyPLUS Learning Space includes an Excel Lab Manual for students who need introductory coverage or review.
• Database Activity: Every chapter includes a hands-on database project that requires students to practice their Access skills while using concepts learned in the chapter. WileyPLUS Learning Space includes an Access Lab Manual for students who need introductory coverage or review.
• Internship Activity: Every chapter includes an Internship Activity which presents a business problem found in one of four recurring industries (healthcare, banking, manufacturing, and retail.) STUDENTS are directed to various soft ware demos that provide useful tools for addressing the business problem. Then the students must act as interns and apply the concepts they learned in the chapter to provide a solution to the business problem.
• Glossary: A study tool that highlights vocabulary within the chapters and facilitates studying.
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