Principles Of Information Systems

Help your students gain the foundation they need to better understand the IS discipline and how IS courses relate to the rest of their business courses. The first Canadian edition focuses on today's core IS principles that are most important for every business student to know. Your students will gain a strong understanding of the changing role of today's IS professional with this book's wealth of current Canadian and gloabl examples and IS references. NEW detailed coverage of multimedia in business, application development for the iPhone, iPad, and similar devices, cloud computing and updates of forecasting demonstrate issues reshaping IS today. This edition presents some of the most recent research on virtual communities and work structures, including how social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, are assisting virtual teams and how companies are effectively using virtual organizational structures with mobile workers. Count on Principles of Information Systems, First Canadian Edition to provide the insights students need to function more efficiently and effectively as workers, managers, decision makers, and organizational leaders in business today.

Now thoroughly streamlined and revised, PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Ninth Edition, retains the overall vision and framework that made the previous editions so popular while eliminating outdated topics and updating information, examples, and case studies. In just 600 pages, accomplished authors Ralph Stair and George Reynolds cover IS principles and their real-world applications using timely, current business examples and hands-on activities. Regardless of their majors, students can use this book to understand and practice IS principles so they can function more effectively as workers, managers, decision makers, and organizational leaders. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Covering computer concepts, this text places the material within a structured framework of IS functions. It stresses the principles of IS and aims to provide an understanding of systems development, database management, decision support, and more.

With these overarching Principles to guide them, readers will not only achieve the best possible foundation in the management of information systems; they will also be eminently equipped to flourish in a world where embracing the rapid pace of change is vital to their success."--BOOK JACKET.

Built on the successful framework of previous editions, this adapted edition of the popular Principles of Business Information Systems boasts a wealth of real world examples from a broad range of countries, including South Africa and the Gulf region. Retaining its comprehensive coverage of IS issues, this popular text is now fully updated with the latest technologies. The chapter organization is streamlined, although the five-part structure kept the same, and there are clear learning objectives throughout, closely mapped to each chapter's content. While maintaining its business focus, there is boosted coverage of IT and technological issues, perfect for courses which prepare students for the corporate world in the twenty-first century. Suitable for all students on IS courses, this edition features a supporting website with full supplementary resources as well as Course Technology's companion MIS CD-Rom.