Business Information Systems: Analysis, Design and Practice - Couverture souple

Curtis, Graham

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0201175231 ISBN 13 : 9780201175233

Editeur : Addison Wesley, 1989

Synopsis

This text focuses on the information requirements and management perspectives required in a business environment. It includes recent developments in the area of information systems.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

"Well written and stimulating reading." ?? Thomas W. De Boer, University of Groningen

Business Information Systems 5th edition offers today??s BIS students a comprehensive understanding of how information systems can aid the realisation of business objectives.

With equal and clear coverage of the more technical systems aspects of BIS and the softer, more managerial topics, this book is equally useful to BIS students from Business or Computing backgrounds and for students at an Undergraduate or MBA level.

Equipped with a wide variety of long, short and extended case studies from across the UK and Europe as well as examples, review questions and exercises throughout the text, students can easily check their understanding and see how their new-found knowledge applies to real-life business situations.

The fifth edition includes:

• Today??s hot topics, such as data warehousing and data mining, knowledge management, ethical issues and responsibility, RAD and extreme programming.
• A thorough update of coverage of distributed systems, the internet and web support, ERP, UML, and networks and the organisation.
• Updated references and Case Studies throughout
• New companion website material including a password protected Instructor??s Manual with worked solutions and PowerPoint slides, and free multiple choice questions, web-links and tips for students at www.booksites.net/curtis.

??Provides extensive and comprehensive coverage of core IS topics, including development and design?? ?? Dr Ray Hackney, Manchester Metropolitan University

Graham Curtis combines lecturing and developing courses in information systems analysis and design, database and accounting information systems, with research and consultancy and publications in business information systems. He is Head of Modular Programmes at the University of East London.

David Cobham is an active lecturer, researcher and consultant in Business Information Systems. His current interests are in information systems development methodologies, e-commerce systems development, decision support systems and project management. He is a Senior Academic in the Faculty of Applied Computer Sciences at the University of Lincoln.

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Business Information Systems – analysis, design and practice, sixth edition
by Graham Curtis and David Cobham

This book aims to equip those in, or entering, business to assess the opportunities, limitations and major issues surrounding modern business information systems and to appreciate the way that information systems can aid the realization of business objectives. Providing students with:

• Good technical coverage, accessible for both business students and computing students
• Interesting case studies showing real-world application of ideas and technologies, including a long case that runs through all the systems development chapters
• European context and examples
• Self-assessment questions, hints for the review questions in the book and worked database solutions online at www.pearsoned.co.uk/curtis

New to this edition:

• A completely new chapter introducing the object-oriented approach to information systems development using UML
• An increased focus on current topics such as project management techniques, globalization, e-business, security and trust
• A new chapter on Business Intelligence including coverage of decision support systems, document management systems, CRM, digital dashboards, OLAP, web services, data warehousing and data mining

PowerPoint slides for lecturers and an updated Instructor's Manual can be downloaded from www.pearsoned.co.uk/curtis

Graham Curtis combines lecturing and developing courses in information systems analysis and design, and database and accounting information systems, with research and consultancy in business information systems. He is Dean of Modular Programmes at the University of East London.

David Cobham is an active lecturer, researcher and consultant in Business Information Systems and is Head of Department of Computing and Informatics at the University of Lincoln. His current interests are in information systems development methodologies, e-commerce systems development, decision support systems and project management

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Addison Wesley
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0201175231
• ISBN 13: 9780201175233
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 576
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible