This text offers chapters that cover what instructors want students to know about MIS. The Extended Learning Modules (XLMs) show students what they can do with MIS. The instructor controls the mix by picking the chapters and XLMs to include in the course. A contemporary writing style and a wealth of examples engage students like no other MIS text.

Chapter One:

The Information Age in Which you Live: Changing the Face of Business

Extended Learning Module A:

Computer Hardware and Software

Chapter Two:

Major Business Initiatives: Gaining Competitive Advantage with IT

Extended Learning Module B:

The World Wide Web and the Internet

Chapter Three:

Database and Data Warehouses: Building Business Intelligence

Extended Learning Module C:

Designing Databases and Entity-Relationship Diagramming

Chapter Four:

Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence: Brainpower for Your Business

Extended Learning Module D:

Decision Analysis with Spreadsheet Software

Chapter Five:

Electronic Commerce: Strategies for the New Economy

Extended Learning Module E:

Network Basics

Chapter Six:

Systems Development: Phases, Tools, and Techniques

Extended Learning Module F:

Building a Web Page with HTML

Chapter Seven:

IT Infrastructures: Business-Driven Technology

Extended Learning Module G:

Object-Oriented Technologies

Chapter Eight:

Protecting People and Information: Threats and Safeguards

Extended Learning Module H:

Computer Crime and Forensics

Chapter Nine:

Emerging Trends and Technologies: Business, People, and Technology Tomorrow

Extended Learning Module I:

Building an E-Portfolio

Extended Learning Module J:

Implementing a Database with Microsoft Access

Extended Learning Module K:

Careers in Business

Glossary

Notes

Photo Credits

Index