Introduction to Information Technology
Efraim Turban, R. Kelly Rainer, Richard E. Potter
Résumé
It makes your business soar! Without Information
Technology (IT), the snowboard on the cover simply would
never make it to the slopes. As you read Introduction to
Information Technology, you'll discover that IT integrates
and enhances all functions of a business-from the research
and development that goes into designing a faster, more
flexible board, to the delivery systems that make sure
stores receive stock in time for winter, to the
point-of-sale systems that track sales trends and
customers' buying preferences.
Written in language you can easily understand, the text
gradually presents complex technical information on a
need-to-know basis, so that you won't get overwhelmed by
the details.
Each chapter is filled with dozens of real-world examples
that demonstrate IT's relevance to different disciplines,
industries, and companies. Throughout the text, you'll also
find numerous opportunities to apply what you've
learned.
Features
- Relevance: The authors explain why IT is important to
all individuals and functions within an organization by
relating topics to specific business majors (finance,
marketing, MIS, production/operations, HR, etc.).
- Real-World Examples: Extensive examples show you the
capabilities of IT, its cost and justifications, and
innovative ways actual corporations are using IT in their
operations.
- Global Perspective: The text explains how IT
facilitates export and import, managing multinational
companies, and electronic trading around the globe.
- Integrated Systems: Integrated systems (e.g. SAP R/3;
extranets) are stressed and related to supply chain
management and multinational corporations.
- Making Connections: The text emphasizes the importance
of connections among individuals, groups, and
organizations, and the support that IT provides in enabling
these connections.
- The Web: In addition to teaching the fundamentals of
the Internet, the text presents a comprehensive chapter on
e-commerce. All chapters include Web-based, real-world
applications, "integration with the Web" exploration, and
Internet exercises.
- The Virtual Company: A Web-based case for a simulated
company manufacturing snowboards enables you to create and
operate a small business a small business on the Web.
Contents
- Pt. I IT in the Business Environment
- 1 Introduction: Business and Information Technology
- 2 Information Technologies in the Modern Organization
Pt. II IT Infrastructure
- 3 Computer Hardware
- 4 Computer Software
- 5 Managing Organizational Data and Information
- 6 Telecommunications and Networks
- 7 The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
Pt. III Applying IT for Competitive Advantage
- 8 Functional, Enterprise, and Interorganizational Systems
- 9 Electronic Commerce
- 10 Computer-Based Supply Chain Management and Information Systems Integration
- 11 Data, Knowledge, and Decision Support
- 12 Intelligent Systems in Business
Pt. IV Achieving Informational and Organizational Goals
- 13 Strategic Information Systems and Reorganization
- 14 Information Systems Development
- 15 Implementing IT: Ethics, Impacts, and Security
Glossary
References
P Credits
Index
L'auteur - Efraim Turban
Efraim Turban is currently a Visiting Scholar with the Pacific Institute for Information Systems Management College of Business University of Hawaii at Manoa. He obtained his MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. His industry experience includes eight years as an industrial engineer, three of which were spent at General Electric Transformers Plant. He also has extensive consulting experience to small and large corporations as well as to foreign governments. In his 30 years of teaching, Dr. Turban has served as Distinguished Professor at Eastern Illinois University, and as Visiting Professor at UCLA, City University of Hong Kong, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and University of Miami. He also taught at UCLA, USC, Simon Fraser University, and California State University, Long Beach and has held permanent positions with Lehigh University, Simon Fraser University, and Florida International University. Dr. Turban was a co-recipient of the 1984/85 National Management Science Award (Artificial Intelligence in Management). In 1997 he received the Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award at California State University, Long Beach. He was the co-chair of the 1999 International Conference of Electronic Commerce. Dr. Turban has published over 100 articles in leading journals. He has also published 21 books, including Electronic Commerce 2004: A Managerial Perspective.
L'auteur - R. Kelly Rainer
R. Kelly Rainer, Jr. is George Phillips Privett Professor of Management Information Systems at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. He received his BS degree in Mathematics from Auburn and his Doctor of Dental Medicine for ten years, Professor Rainer returned to school and received his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia. He has published numerous articles in leading journals. His current research interests include health care informatics and information technology security.
L'auteur - Richard E. Potter
Richard E. Potter is Assistant Professor of Information and Decision Sciences in the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received a bachelors degree in psychology from California State University-Hayward, and an MS in Management degree and Ph.D. degree in Management and Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona. Dr. Potter was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor of MIS at the University of Arizona’s Keller School of Management. He also served Mexico’s ITESM system as Director of Research and Doctoral Programs at their Mexico City Graduate School of Business.
Dr. Potter’s current research interest is cognition and behavior in the electronics environment, with emphasis on performance assessment and intervention with electronically supported groups, and cultural effects on collaborative technology use. He has published in a number of leading scientific journals, has authored numerous book chapters, and has presented his work in academic conferences around the world.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Wiley |
| Auteur(s) | Efraim Turban, R. Kelly Rainer, Richard E. Potter |
| Parution | 18/10/2002 |
| Édition | 2eme édition |
| Nb. de pages | 608 |
| Format | 21 x 26 |
| Couverture | Relié |
| Poids | 1345g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780471073802 |
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