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Business Driven Information Systems 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 and provides the foundation that will enable students to achieve excellence in business, regardless of their major. The text is available with Connect, McGraw Hill's course management and adaptive learning system, helping millions of students reach their potential every year. The new 8th edition is state of the art in its discussions, presents concepts in an easy-to-understand format, and allows students to be active participants in learning. By engaging students with numerous case studies, exercises, projects, and questions that enforce concepts,
Business Driven Information Systems creates a unique learning experience for both faculty and students.
List of contents
MODULE 1: BUSINESS DRIVEN MISCHAPTER 1 Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS
CHAPTER 2 Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business
CHAPTER 3 Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value
CHAPTER 4 Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns
MODULE 2: TECHNICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MISCHAPTER 5 Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies
CHAPTER 6 Data: Business Intelligence
CHAPTER 7 Networks: Mobile Business
MODULE 3: ENTERPRISE MISCHAPTER 8 Enterprise Applications: Business Communications
CHAPTER 9 Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility
APPENDIXAPPENDIX A Hardware and Software Basics
APPENDIX B Networks and Telecommunications
APPENDIX C Designing Databases
APPENDIX D Emerging Trends and Technologies
APPENDIX E Connectivity: The Business Value of a Networked World Apply Your Knowledge Glossary Notes Index
About the author
Paige Baltzan is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the department of Business Information and Analytics at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. She holds a BSBA specializing in Accounting/MIS from Bowling Green State University and an MBA specializing in MIS from the University of Denver. She is a coauthor of several books, including Business Driven Information Systems, Essentials of Business Driven Information Systems, and I-Series, and is 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.
Professor of Information Systems at Pittsburgh State University. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.B.A from Pittsburg State and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington. She has published in various journals including the Journal of Global Information Management and the Journal of Computer Information Systems. She serves on various editorial boards and is a coauthor of Case Studies in Information Technology and the concepts books of the I-Series, entitled Computing Concepts. Maeve has been teaching for 20 years and lives in Pittsburg, Kansas, with her husband, Slim.
Amy Philips is Professor of Information Systems at Pittsburgh State University. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.B.A from Pittsburg State and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington. She has published in various journals including the Journal of Global Information Management and the Journal of Computer Information Systems. She serves on various editorial boards and is a coauthor of Case Studies in Information Technology and the concepts books of the I-Series, entitled Computing Concepts. Maeve has been teaching for 20 years and lives in Pittsburg, Kansas, with her husband, Slim.
