Business Information Systems, 6th edition
Analysis, Design & Practice
By ,Graham Curtis
Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
November 2008
ISBN:9780273713821
720 Pages
$122.50 paper original
Description
This book aims to equipthose 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.
This book provides students with:
- good technical coverage,
- accessible coverage for both business students and computing students,
- interesting case studies, including a running case throughout the systems development chapters, showing real world application of ideas and technologies,
- European context and examples
- PowerPoint slides and additional test questions for Lecturers online.
New to this edition?
- Chapters 10-15 on Systems Development, Analysis and Design have been replaced by new chapters taking an object oriented approach. The structured approach is still summarised in chapter 16 and the content from the previous edition is included in full online in the Companion Website.
- Case studies, questions and activities have been updated throughout.
- An introduction or increased focus on current topics such as globalisation, agile methods, E-Business, security and trust, off the shelf solutions, CRM, legacy systems integration, business intelligence, data warehousing and data mining.
Contents
Preface 1. Information systems 2. Strategy and information systems 3. Business information technology 4. Distributed systems, networks and the organization 5. The Internet and the World Wide Web 6. Electronic commerce and business 7. Business intelligence 8. File organization and databases for business information systems 9. Information systems: control and responsibility 10. Information systems development: an overview 11. The systems project: early stages 12. Process analysis and modelling 13. Data analysis and modelling 14. Systems design 15. Detailed design, implementation and review 16. Object oriented approaches 17. Systems development: further tools, techniques and alternative approaches 18. Expert systems and knowledge bases
Author
Graham Curtisis Head of Modular Programmes at the University of East London. David Cobham is Head of Department of Computing and Informatics at the University of Lincoln.