Principles of business information systems / Ralph Stair, George Reynolds and Thomas Chesney

Dr Thomas Chesney is Associate Professor of Information Systems at Nottingham University Business School, UK where he studies the behaviour of networked individuals. His work has appeared in the Information Systems Journal and Decision Support Systems.

Ralph Stair has taught Information Systems at many universities. He has published numerous articles and books including Succeeding with Technology, Programming in BASIC and many more.

George Reynolds has taught Information Systems at the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University (Ohio), Miami University (Ohio), the College of Mount St Joseph and Strayer University. Professor Reynolds has authored more than two dozen popular textbooks addressing various aspects of today?s information technology and business.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Overview
1. An Introduction to Information Systems
2. Information Systems in Organizations

Part 2: Information Technology Concepts
3. Hardware: Input, Processing, Output and Storage Devices
4. Software: Systems and Application Software
5. Organizing and Storing Data
6. Computer Networks

Part 3: Business Information Systems
7. Operational Systems
8. Management Information and Decision Support Systems
9. Knowledge Management and Specialized Information Systems
10. Pervasive Computing

Part 4: Systems Development
11. Systems Analysis
12. Systems Design and Implementation

Part 5: Information Systems in Business and Society
13. Security, Privacy and Ethical Issues in Information Systems