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Business Driven Technology discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives should drive technology choices. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs
List of contents
Chapter 1 Business Driven TechnologyChapter 2 Identifying Competitive AdvantagesChapter 3 Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive AdvantagesChapter 3 Measuring the Success of Strategic InitiativesChapter 4 Organizational Structures that Support Strategic InitiativesChapter 5 Valuing Organizational InformationChapter 6 Storing Organizational Information - DatabasesChapter 7 Accessing Organizational Information - Data WarehouseChapter 8 Enabling the Organization - Decision MakingChapter 9 Extending the Organization - Supply Chain ManagementChapter 10 Building a Customer-Centric Organization - Customer Relationship ManagementChapter 11 Integrating the Organization from End-to-End - Enterprise Resource PlanningChapter 12 Creating Innovative OrganizationsChapter 13 E-BusinessChapter 14 Creating Collaborative PartnershipsChapter 15 Integrating Wireless Technology in BusinessChapter 16 Building Software to Support an Agile OrganizationChapter 17 Outsourcing in the 21st CenturyChapter 18 Developing a 21st Century Organization Business Plug-InsB1 Business BasicsB2 Business ProcessB3 Hardware and SoftwareB4 Enterprise ArchitecturesB5 Networks, Telecommunications, and Wireless ComputingB6 Information SecurityB7 EthicsB8 Supply Chain ManagementB9 Customer Relationship ManagementB10 Enterprise Resource PlanningB11 E-Business ModelsB12 Emerging Trends and TechnologyB13 Strategic OutsourcingB14 Systems DevelopmentB15 Project ManagementTechnical Plug-InsT1 Personal Productivity Using IT (OLC only)T2 Basic Skills Using Excel (OLC only)T3 Problem Solving Using Excel (OLC only)T4 Decision Making Using Excel (OLC only)T5 Designing Database Applications (OLC only)T6 Basic Skills Using Access (OLC only)T7 Problem Solving Using Access (OLC only)T8 Decision Making Using Access (OLC only)T9 Designing Web Pages (OLC only)T10 Creating Web Pages Using HTML (OLC only)T11 Creating Web Pages Using Dreamweaver (OLC only)T12 Creating Gantt Charts with Excel and Microsoft Project (OLC only)
About the author
Paige Baltzan teaches in the Department of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. She holds a B.S.B.A. specializing in Accounting/MIS from Bowling Green State University and an M.B.A. specializing in MIS from the University of Denver. Paige also teaches online at Strayer University. She is the coauthor of several books, including Business Driven Technology, Essentials of Business Driven Information Systems, I-Series, and a contributor to Management Information Systems for the Information Age. Before joining the Daniels College faculty in 1999, Paige spent several years working for a large telecommunications company and an international consulting firm where she participated in client engagements in the United States, as well as South America and Europe. Paige lives in Lakewood, Colorado, with her husband, Tony, and daughters, Hannah and Sophie.
