Autore	Bocij Paul
Edizione	[Fifth edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2015]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (704 pages) : color illustrations, tables
Disciplina	658.4038011
Collana	Always Learning
Soggetto topico	Business information services Business - Computer network resources Electronic commerce
ISBN	0-273-73646-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents in detail -- Preface -- Guided tour -- Plan of the book -- About the authors -- Authors' acknowledgements -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Part 1 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- 1 Basic concepts - understanding information -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Data and information -- Creating information -- Qualities of information -- Case study 1.1: Technology sponsors a complementary form of capitalism -- knowledge and wisdom -- The business environment -- managerial decision making -- Case study 1.2: Dealing with the data deluge -- Focus on... knowledge management -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 2 Basic concepts: an introduction to business information systems -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Introduction to systems -- different types of systems -- Business information systems -- Resources that support BIS -- Categories of business information system -- E-business systems -- Enterprise systems -- BIS and strategic advantage -- Case study 2.1: PayPal eyes in-store retail customers -- Mini case study: Capital One develops information leadership -- Case study 2.2: Corporate IT falling short of potential -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 3 Hardware and software -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Components of a computer system -- Major categories of computers -- Case study 3.1: Mainframes are thriving in a cloud world -- Types of microcomputers -- Input devices -- Mini case study: Optical mark recognition -- Output devices -- Focus on... printers -- Storage devices -- Processors -- Case study 3.2: Hertz reaps virtualisation rewards. Focus on managing technological change -- Categories of software -- Document production software -- Case study 3.3: Business life - rise of the paperless meeting -- Graphics packages -- Spreadsheets -- management applications of productivity software -- multimedia software -- Software for using the internet -- Case study 3.4: Cloud is silver lining for German Bank Fidor -- Focus on software distribution models -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 4 Databases and business intelligence -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Databases -- Business intelligence -- Data warehouses -- Mini case study: How to get rid of 'devil customers' -- Case study 4.1: Big data put under the spotlight as never before -- Data mining -- Case study 4.2: Making business intelligence work -- Business analytics -- Mini case study: Traders' tools turn tables on dodgy deals -- Case study 4.3: After 160 years, the value of maps is starting to be appreciated -- Mini case study: Using GIS to identify road traffic accident locations -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 5 Networks, telecommunications and the Internet -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Computer networks -- Network components -- Network types -- The Internet -- Case study 5.1: Death of a matchmaker -- Focus on... how the Internet works - Internet standards -- Focus on... mobile or wireless access devices -- Case study 5.2: Americans turning off TV and on to digital devices -- Focus on... EDI -- Focus on... Voice over IP (VoIP) -- Case study 5.3: Asian mobile chat apps challenge western dominance -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 6 Enterprise and functional BIS -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes. Management issues -- Introduction -- enterprise systems -- Case study 6.1: ERP: a convincing case must be made before investment -- Case study 6.2: Managing the supply chain -- Mini case study: The supply chains that could bind unsuspecting managers -- Operations information systems -- Case study 6.3: Retail applications of TPS by Sainsbury's -- Management information systems -- Departmental applications -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- Part 2 BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT -- 7 An introduction to acquiring and developing BIS -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- How and why are information systems acquired? -- Software acquisition and the systems development lifecycle -- Bespoke development -- Case study 7.1: Lloyds Bank Insurance Services applies RAD -- Case study 7.2: Use of waterfall v. agile methods at Mellon Financial -- Purchase of an off-the-shelf package -- User-developed applications -- Case study 7.3: Lascelles Fine Foods -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 8 Initiating systems development -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Reasons for project initiation -- The feasibility study -- Risk management -- Case study 8.1: Recession reveals the dark side of advanced IT -- Acquisition choices and methods -- Focus on... techniques for comparing systems -- Mini case study: Feature checklist for comparing three different groupwave products -- Case study 8.2: Sedgemoor District Council -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 9 BIS project management -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Case study 9.1: Putting an all-inclusive price tag on successful IT. The project management process -- Mini case study: The key to ... project planning -- Case study 9.2: Project management: lessons can be learned from successful delivery -- Steps in project management -- Focus on A project management methodology: PRINCE2 -- A project management tool: network analysis -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 10 Systems analysis -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Identifying the requirements -- Focus on requirements determination in a lean or agile environment -- documenting the findings -- Case study 10.1: IFD drawing - a student records system -- Focus on... soft systems methodology -- Systems analysis - an evaluation -- Software tools for systems analysis -- Case study 10.2: ABC case study -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 11 Systems design -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Aims of system design -- Case study 11.1: Beaverbrooks the Jewellers -- Constraints on system design -- The relationship between analysis and design -- Elements of design -- System or outline design -- Case study 11.2: Systems management: driving innovation should be the main objective -- Detailed design (module design) -- Focus on... relational database design and normalisation -- Design of input and output -- User interface design -- Focus on web site design for B2C e-commerce -- Input design -- Output design -- Designing interfaces between systems -- Defining the structure of program modules -- Security design -- Design tools: case (computer-aided software engineering) tools -- Error handling and exceptions -- Help and documentation -- Focus on... object-oriented design (OOD) -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links. 12 System build, implementation and maintenance: change management -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- System build and implementation -- Mini case study: Jim Goodnight: crunching the numbers -- Maintenance -- Change management -- Case study 12.1: Business-process management (BPM) -- Case study 12.2: Play pick-and-mix to innovate with SOA -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- Part 3 BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT -- 13 Information systems strategy -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- The strategic context -- Introduction to BIS strategy -- Case study 13.1: Which cloud model will prevail? -- Tools for strategic analysis and definition -- IS and business strategy integration -- Focus on... IS/IT and SMEs -- Case study 13.2: Next generation of clients forces pace of IT change -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 14 Information systems management -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- Information systems investment appraisal -- Determining investment levels for information systems in an organisation -- Locating the information systems management function -- Outsourcing -- Mini case study: Customers admit blame for outsourcing failures -- Case study 14.1: Outsourcing: beware false economies -- Beyond strategic information systems - the importance of IS capability -- Focus on... IT infrastructure .exibility -- Pulling it together: IT governance and COBIT -- Case study 14.2: IT trends shape future corporate strategies -- Summary -- Exercises -- References -- Further reading -- Web links -- 15 Managing information security -- Links to other chapters -- Learning outcomes -- Management issues -- Introduction -- The need for controls. Mini case study: Complacent staff weak link in combating cyber criminals.
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Autore	Allee, Verna, 1949-
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2003
Descrizione fisica	xx, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Disciplina	658.4/038
Soggetto topico	Organizational learning - Forecasting Business - Information resources Business - Computer network resources
ISBN	0750675918 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNISALENTO-991003552499707536

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chicago, Illinois : , : ALA Editions, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina	016.33
Soggetto topico	Business Business - Reference books Business - Computer network resources Economics
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8389-9634-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	GUIDE TO REFERENCE: IN BUSINESS AN DECONOMICS; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: General Works; Advice for Librarians; Guides and Handbooks; Indexes; Abstract Journals; Book Reviews; Encyclopedias; Dictionaries; Quotations; Periodicals; Directories; Biographies; Statistics; Consumer Protection Information; Chapter 2: Economic Conditions and World Trade; Guides and Handbooks; Reviews of Research and Trends; Encyclopedias; Dictionaries; Periodicals; Atlases; Statistics; Internet Resources; Chapter 3: International Information; Global Resources; United States; Canada Central and Latin AmericaEurope; Great Britain; Africa; Middle East; Asia; Pacific Area; Chapter 4: Functional Areas of Business; Accounting and Taxation; Guides and Handbooks; Reviews of Research and Trends; Indexes; Abstract Journals; Encyclopedias; Dictionaries; Periodicals; Organizations and Associations; Accounting Standards; Accounting Practices; Tax Services; International Accounting Resources; Internet Resources; Business Law; Guides and Handbooks; Encyclopedias; Dictionaries; Periodicals; Organizations and Associations; Topical Law Services; Internet Resources; Electronic Commerce Guides and HandbooksEncyclopedias; Internet Resources; Entrepreneurship/Small Business; Guides and Handbooks; Reviews of Research and Trends; Encyclopedias; Directories; Organizations and Associations; Biographies; Internet Resources; Finance and Investments; Guides and Handbooks; Encyclopedias; Dictionaries; Periodicals; Directories; Organizations and Associations; Statistics; Internet Resources; Human Resources, Labor and Unions; Guides and Handbooks; Statistical Sources; Directories; Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; Internet Resources; International Business; Guides and Handbooks EncyclopediasDictionaries; Directories; Statistics; Internet Resources; Management; Guides and Handbooks; Encyclopedias; Periodicals; Organizations and Associations; Biographies; Management of Information Systems; Reviews of Research and Trends; Indexes; Abstract Journals; Encyclopedias; Dictionaries; Periodicals; Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations; Guides and Handbooks; Reviews of Research and Trends; Indexes; Abstract Journals; Encyclopedias; Dictionaries; Periodicals; Directories; Biographies; Statistics; Market Research; Internet Resources; Organizations and Associations Operations ManagementGuides and Handbooks; Indexes; Abstract Journals; Encyclopedias; Periodicals; Organizations and Associations; Chapter 5: Company Information; Directories; Corporate Profiles; Financial Filings; Indexes; Abstract Journals; Histories; Statistics; Chapter 6: Basic Industry Information; Overviews; Indexes; Abstract Journals; Financial Ratios; Statistics; Chapter 7: Specialized Industry Information; Agribusiness; Specialized Sources of Industry Data; Organizations and Associations; Internet Resources; Additional Reference Sources; Biotechnology Specialized Sources of Industry Data
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459864703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oldenburg, : IBIS
Soggetto topico	Internetworking (Telecommunication) Business - Computer network resources Management information systems
Soggetto genere / forma	Periodicals.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	IBIS Interoperability in business information systems
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910895222503321

Autore	Doom Claude
Edizione	[Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Brussels, Belgium : , : Academic and Scientific Publishers, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (191 p.)
Disciplina	658.4038011
Soggetto topico	Management information systems Business - Computer network resources Business information services
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Part I Information systems in a business environment""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Information technology in a business environment""; ""2.1 The organization as a system""; ""2.1.1 Business Processes""; ""2.1.2 The value chain""; ""2.1.3 Value systems and the supply chain""; ""2.2 information systems""; ""2.3 Information technology in businesses""; ""2.3.1 Data processing""; ""2.3.2 Task automation""; ""2.3.3 integrated information systems""; ""2.4 The benefits of information systems""; ""2.5 Information systems and competitive advantage""; ""3 A framework for information management"" ""3.1 A framework""""3.2 The information systems""; ""3.2.1 The domains""; ""3.2.2 The life cycle""; ""3.3 IT Management""; ""3.4 IT Governance""; ""Part II Business Information Systems""; ""4 Operational information systems""; ""4.1 Classification of operational systems""; ""4.2 Office applications""; ""4.3 intranets""; ""4.4 Knowledge management systems""; ""4.5 Sales and marketing""; ""4.6 Production""; ""4.7 Financial management and accounting""; ""4.8 Human resources management""; ""4.9 Integrated business information systems""; ""4.10 E-business and e-commerce"" ""4.10.1 Types of e-business""""4.10.2 Phases in the adoption of e-business""; ""4.10.3 E-business infrastructure""; ""4.10.4 e-business security""; ""4.10.5 Advantages and disadvantages of e-business""; ""5 Management information systems""; ""5.1 The architecture of a business intelligence system""; ""5.2 The data warehouse""; ""5.3 The ETL process""; ""5.4 Data warehouse analysis""; ""5.4.1 Reports""; ""5.4.2 On-line analytical processing""; ""5.4.3 Data mining""; ""Part III The information systems life cycle""; ""6 The conception of information systems""; ""6.1 Preparation"" ""6.2 The current situation""""6.3 The desired situation""; ""6.4 The transition""; ""7 IT Architecture""; ""7.1 The ISO/IEC 42010 architecture standard""; ""7.2 The Zachman framework""; ""7.3 TOGAF""; ""7.3.1 The architecture development method""; ""7.3.2 The ADM guidelines and techniques""; ""7.3.3 Using TOGAF""; ""7.4 Architectural views and models""; ""7.4.1 The conceptual view""; ""7.4.2 The design view""; ""8 System development""; ""8.1 to buy or to develop?""; ""8.2 Application development methodologies""; ""8.2.1 Linear methodologies""; ""8.2.2 Iterative software development"" ""8.2.3 Agile software development""""8.2.4 Package implementation""; ""8.3 Implementation models""; ""8.4 Programming languages""; ""8.4.1 Generations of programming languages""; ""8.4.2 Low-level programming languages""; ""8.4.3 Procedural languages""; ""8.4.4 Non-procedural languages""; ""9 Information systems roll-out""; ""9.1 Roll-out preparation""; ""9.2 Deployment""; ""9.3 Initial operations""; ""10 IT Operations""; ""10.1 Information systems management""; ""10.1.1 Business process management""; ""10.1.2 Data management""; ""10.1.3 Application management"" ""10.1.4 Infrastructure management""
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