Publisher's Synopsis
This book's primary objective is to provide an engaging and effective learning and teaching environment to undergraduate students either majoring in information systems, management information systems and business information systems or taking related courses. It provides the knowledge, ideas, basis and the foundation for consolidating their core IT knowledge, attain real World value and relevance for IT knowledge and balancing theory to practice. All of these benefits could be achieved through using the material in this text in order to exercise many of their skills in areas of programming, Web development, databases, XML, systems analysis and design. The text follows an easy to read uncomplicated style of writing. It is focussed on enhancing the reader’s comprehension of the delivered knowledge, engaging him or her in the learning process and retaining his or her interest in this process. The book is divided into four key parts. The first part focuses on information systems fundamentals in addition to electronic business and business mobility fundamentals and technologies. The second part addresses the use of information systems in supporting business operations and activities within the internal boundaries of the business organization and across its external boundaries covering partners, clients and customers. The third part focuses is on the use of information systems in management problems solving and decision making. In addition to management information systems, greater focus is given to problems solving with model-driven decision support systems and data-driven decision support systems that involves. In the fourth part, the focus is on the process of developing practical and workable business systems.
