Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic concepts - understanding information -- Basic concepts - an introduction to business information systems -- Hardware -- Software -- Networks, telecommunications and the Internet -- Enterprise and functional BIS -- An introduction to acquiring and developing BIS -- Initiating systems development -- BIS project management -- Systems analysis -- Systems design -- System build, implementation and maintenance : change management -- Information systems strategy -- Information systems management -- Managing information security -- End-user computing - providing end-user services -- Ethical, legal and moral constraints on information systems.

A comprehensive introduction to the technology, development and management of business information systems. The book assumes no prior knowledge of IS or IT, so that new concepts and terms are defined as clearly as possible, with explanations in the text, and definitions at the margin. In this fast-moving area, the book covers both the crucial underpinnings of the subject as well as the most recent business and technology applications. It is written for students on any IS, BIS or MIS course from undergraduate to postgraduate and MBA level within a Business or Computer Science Department.

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