End-User Information Systems: Implementing Individual and Work Group Technologies - Couverture rigide

Regan, Elizabeth A.; O'Connor Ph.D., Bridget N.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0130182648 ISBN 13 : 9780130182647

Editeur : Pearson, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Regan Elizabeth A OConnor Bridget N

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Elizabeth A. Regan is associate professor and chair of the Department of Information Systems, College of Business, Morehead State University. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. Prior to coming to Morehead 2 years ago, Dr. Began spent 16 years as a senior consultant and project manager in the Information Systems Division at MassMutual Financial Group. She has a wide range of experience in systems design, implementation, and organizational restructuring. Dr. Began also taught for 7 years in the University of Connecticut School of Business and as an adjunct professor at New York University. Her research interest area primarily in the area of information technology, strategy, innovation, and change. She is author of numerous articles, publications, and grants related to these topics. She has served as president of the Organizational Systems Research Association and other elected and appointed civic and professional positions. Dr. Regan is a trustee of Andover-Newton Theological School and listed in Who's Who Among American Women.

Bridget N. O'Connor is associate professor and director of the Program in Business Education at New York University. Her research and writing activities have focused on the effective application of technologies to support a wide range of individual and group processes both in the workplace and in adult educational programs. She is also co-author of Training for Organizations (South-Western Educational Publishing Company, 2nd edition, 2001). She is editor of the Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal (www.osra.org). She has served as president of the Organizational Systems Research Association and as chair of the Special Interest Group, Workplace Learning, of the American Educational Research Association. She is active in the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, serving on its newsletter advisory committee. She serves on the board of trustees for American Skandia University. In 1997, she was named "Professor of the Year" for the New York University School of Education.

Quatrième de couverture :

Shaping information systems to enhance employee performance and accomplish business strategies!

This text is designed for end-user information systems, help desk management, office automation, and other courses that address the links between information systems technology, people, and organizational goals.

Featuring an end-user approach to systems analysis, this text provides a comprehensive, practical, and up-to-date treatment of information systems design, analysis, and implementation. The text is technically thorough, yet written in a business-oriented style that is clear enough to be followed by the nonspecialist.

Distinctive Concentration

End-User Information Systems: Implementing Individual and Work Group Technologies, Second Edition presents a strong emphasis on organizational realities and designing end-user and office information systems to achieve practical business goals. Its unique focus on work-process redesign successfully links the methodologies of reengineering to systems analysis.

A Text for Future Information Systems Professionals

Extensive pedagogy and learning aids include chapter objectives, discussion questions, application exercises, boxed features, illustrations and photos, an index, selected readings, and comprehensive case studies that enhance the practicality of this text.

Mini-cases are included with each chapter. There are several comprehensive cases throughout the book, and additional cases are available on the Web site for added experiential material.

The Web site at www.prenhall.com/regan includes the instructor's manual, a one-way list service, PowerPoint slides, and the online chapter "Trends and Future Directions."

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130182648
• ISBN 13: 9780130182647
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 566