Management Information Systems: Managerial Perspectives

• A new chapter on 'Ethical and Social Issues'
• Applications using MS-Access in the upgraded Chapter 5 - Data Resource Management
• Concepts on organisations in Chapter 2 - Information, Systems and Organization Concepts
• Concepts of e-Governance in Chapter 7 - e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Governance
• Some latest trends and concepts in Chapter 4 - IT Infrastructure
• Concepts on Project Management in Chapter 12 - IS Development and Project Management

• Some new cases have been added, and various case studies from the earlier edition have been updated
• New pedagogical elements, such as Objective-type Questions, True/False Questions, Review Questions and Assignments have been added in all chapters
• Glossary has also been incorporated to get a quick understanding of the terms used in the book
• Instructor support has been added on the web through Online Resources

Part-I: Conceptual Foundations: 1. Management Information Systems: An Overview, 2. Information, Systems and Organization Concepts, 3. Information Systems and Competitive Advantage, Part-II: Information Technologies: 4. Information Technology Infrastructure and Emerging Technology, 5. Data Resource Management, 6. Telecommunications and Computer Networks, Part-III: Business Applications of IS: 7. E-Commerce, E-Business and E-Governance, 8. Enterprise Systems, 9. Decision Support Systems, Part-IV: Management of IS: 10. Information System Planning, 11. Is Choices and System Acquisition, 12. Is Development and Project Management, 13. Information Requirements Analysis & System Design, 14. Is Implementation and Change Management, 15. Evaluation and Maintenance of IS, Part-V: Security, Ethical and Social Issues: 16. Is Security and Control, 17. Ethical and Social Issues of ISS