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A better management information system is needed to promote information sharing, effective planning, and coordination of Afghanistan reconstruction activities [[electronic resource]]
| A better management information system is needed to promote information sharing, effective planning, and coordination of Afghanistan reconstruction activities [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, VA : , : Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 16 pages) |
| Collana | SIGAR audit |
| Soggetto topico |
Postwar reconstruction - Afghanistan - Management
Management information systems - Afghanistan |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Management information systems |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699783003321 |
| Arlington, VA : , : Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, , [2009] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Management Information Systems, Global Edition
| Management Information Systems, Global Edition |
| Autore | Laudon Kenneth |
| Edizione | [13th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Pearson Education Limited, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (645 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
Management
Business & Economics Management Theory |
| ISBN | 0-273-79032-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Complete Contents -- Part One Organizations, Management, and the Networked Enterprise -- Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today -- Opening Case: Efficiency in Wood Harvesting with Information Systems -- 1.1 The Role of Information Systems in Business Today -- How Information Systems are Transforming Business -- What's Newin Management Information Systems? -- Globalization Challenges and Opportunities: A Flattened World -- Interactive Session: Management Running the Business from the Palm of Your Hand -- The Emerging Digital Firm -- Strategic Business Objectives of Information Systems -- 1.2 Perspectives on Information Systems -- What Is an Information System? -- Dimensions of Information Systems -- It Isn't Just Technology: A Business Perspective on Information Systems -- Interactive Session: Technology UPS Competes Globally with Information Technology -- Complementary Assets: Organizational Capital and the Right Business Model -- 1.3 Contemporary Approaches to Information Systems -- Technical Approach -- Behavioral Approach -- Approach of This Text:Sociotechnical Systems -- Learning Track Modules: How Much Does IT Matter?, Information Systems and Your Career, The Mobile Digital Platform -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Video Cases -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Case Study: Mashaweer -- Chapter 2 Global E-business and Collaboration -- Opening Case: Telus Embraces Social Learning -- 2.1 Business Processes and Information Systems -- Business Processes -- How Information Technology Improves Business Processes -- 2.2 Types of Information Systems -- Systems for Different Management Groups -- Interactive Session: Technology Schiphol International Hub -- Systems for Linking the Enterprise.
Interactive Session: Management Piloting Procter & Gamble from Decision Cockpits -- E-Business, E-Commerce, and E-Government -- 2.3 Systems for Collaboration and Social Business -- What is Collaboration? -- What Is Social Business? -- Business Benefits of Collaboration and Social Business -- Building a Collaborative Culture and Business Processes -- Tools and Technologies for Collaboration and Social Business -- 2.4 The Information Systems Function in Business -- The Information Systems Department -- Organizing the Information Systems Function -- Learning Track Modules -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Video Cases -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Case Study: Modernization of NTUC Income -- Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, and Strategy -- Opening Case: Will Sears's Technology Strategy Work This Time? -- 3.1 Organizations and Information Systems -- What Is an Organization? -- Features of Organizations -- 3.2 How Information Systems Impact Organizations and Business Firms -- Economic Impacts -- Organizational and Behavioral Impacts -- The Internet and Organizations -- Implications for the Design and Understanding of Information Systems -- 3.3 Using Information Systems to Achieve Competitive Advantage -- Porter's Competitive Forces Model -- Information System Strategiesfor Dealing with Competitive Forces -- The Internet's Impact on Competitive Advantage -- Interactive Session: Organizations Technology Helps Starbucks Find New Ways to Compete -- The Business Value Chain Model -- Interactive Session: Technology Automakers Become Software Companies -- Synergies, Core Competencies, and Network-Based Strategies -- 3.4 Using Systems for Competitive Advantage: Management Issues -- Sustaining Competitive Advantage -- Aligning IT with Business Objectives. Managing Strategic Transitions -- Learning Track Module: The Changing Business Environment for Information Technology -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Video Cases -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Case Study: Can This Bookstore Be Saved? -- Chapter 4 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems -- Opening Case: Ethical Issues Facing the Use of Technologies for the Aged Community -- 4.1 Understanding Ethical and Social Issues Related to Systems -- A Model for Thinking About Ethical, Social, and Political Issues -- Five Moral Dimensions of the Information Age -- Key Technology TrendsThat Raise Ethical Issues -- 4.2 Ethics in an Information Society -- Basic Concepts: Responsibility, Accountability, and Liability -- Ethical Analysis -- Candidate Ethical Principles -- Professional Codes of Conduct -- Some Real-World Ethical Dilemmas -- 4.3 The Moral Dimensions of Information Systems -- Information Rights: Privacy and Freedom in the Internet Age -- Property Rights: Intellectual Property -- Interactive Session: Technology Life on the Grid: iPhone Becomes iTrack -- Accountability, Liability, and Control -- System Quality: Data Quality and System Errors -- Quality of Life: Equity, Access, and Boundaries -- Interactive Session: Organizations Monitoring in the Workplace -- Learning Track Module: Developing a Corporate Code of Ethics for Information Systems -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Video Cases -- Collaboration and Team work Project -- Case Study: Facebook: It's About the Money -- Part Two Information Technology Infrastructure -- Chapter 5 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies -- Opening Case: Reforming the Regulatory System for Construction Permits -- 5.1 IT Infrastructure. Defining IT Infrastructure -- Evolution of IT Infrastructure -- Technology Drivers of Infrastructure Evolution -- 5.2 Infrastructure Components -- Computer Hardware Platforms -- Operating System Platforms -- Enterprise Software Applications -- Data Management and Storage -- Networking/Telecommunications Platforms -- Internet Platforms -- Consulting and System Integration Services -- 5.3 Contemporary Hardware Platform Trends -- The Mobile Digital Platform -- Consumerization of IT and BYOD -- Grid Computing -- Virtualization -- Interactive Session: Management Should You Use Your iPhone for Work? -- Cloud Computing -- Green Computing -- High-Performance andPower-Saving Processors -- Interactive Session: Organizations Nordea Goes Green with IT -- Autonomic Computing -- 5.4 Contemporary Software Platform Trends -- Linux and Open Source Software -- Software for the Web: Java, HTML,and HTML5 -- Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture -- Software Outsourcing and Cloud Services -- 5.5 Management Issues -- Dealing with Platform and Infrastructure Change -- Management andGovernance -- Making Wise Infrastructure Investments -- Learning Track Modules: -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- DiscussionQuestions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Video Cases -- Collaborationand Teamwork Project -- Case Study: Should Businesses Move to the Cloud? -- Chapter 6 Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases andInformation Management -- Opening Case: BAE Systems -- 6.1 Organizing Data in a Traditional File Environment -- File Organization Terms and Concepts -- Problems with the TraditionalFile Environment -- 6.2 The Database Approach to Data Management -- Database Management Systems -- Capabilities of Database ManagementSystems -- Designing Databases -- 6.3 Using Databases to Improve Business Performance and DecisionMaking -- The Challenge of Big Data. Business Intelligence Infrastructure -- Analytical Tools: Relationships, Patterns, Trends -- Interactive Session: Technology Big Data, Big Rewards -- Databases and the Web -- Interactive Session: Organizations Controversy Whirls Around the ConsumerProduct Safety Database -- 6.4 Managing Data Resources -- Establishing an Information Policy -- Ensuring Data Quality -- Learning Track Modules: -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- DiscussionQuestions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Video Cases -- Collaborationand Teamwork Project -- Case Study: Lego: Embracing Change by Combining BI with a FlexibleInformation System -- Chapter 7 Telecommunications, the Internet, and WirelessTechnology -- Opening Case: RFID and Wireless Technology Speed Up Production atContinental Tires -- 7.1 Telecommunications and Networking in Today's Business World -- Networking and Communication Trends -- What Is a ComputerNetwork? -- Key Digital Networking Technologies -- 7.2 Communications Networks -- Signals: Digital vs. Analog -- Types of Networks -- TransmissionMedia and Transmission Speed -- 7.3 The Global Internet -- What Is the Internet? -- Internet Addressing and Architecture -- Interactive Session: Organizations The Battle over Net Neutrality -- Internet Services and Communication Tools -- Interactive Session: Management Monitoring Employees on Networks:Unethical or Good Business? -- The Web -- 7.4 The Wireless Revolution -- Cellular Systems -- Wireless Computer Networks and InternetAccess -- RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks -- Learning Track Modules: -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- DiscussionQuestions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Video Cases -- Collaborationand Teamwork Project -- Case Study: Apple, Google, and Microsoft Battle for Your InternetExperience -- Chapter 8 Securing Information Systems. Opening Case: You're on LinkedIn? Watch Out!. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Management information systems |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150212203321 |
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| [Place of publication not identified], : Pearson Education Limited, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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