Using MIS: Global Edition

For undergraduate Introductory Management Information Systems courses This engaging introduction to how people use IS to solve business problems explains why MIS is the most important course in the business school by showing students how businesses use information systems and technology to accomplish their goals, objectives, and competitive strategy. Included are three unique Guides per chapter focusing on the themes of ethics, security, and other timely topics; plus a number of illustrative cases, exercises, projects, and other aids to ensure that students connect the knowledge in the text to everyday life. With a new edition now publishing each year, Using MIS, contains fresh, new, and current material to help keep your students up to date.Part 1: Why MIS? 1 1 The Importance of MIS 3 2 Collaboration Information Systems 35 3 Strategy and Information Systems 81 Part 2: Information Technology 109 4 Hardware, Software, and Mobile Systems 111 5 Database Processing 157 6 The Cloud 197 Part 3: Using IS for Competitive Advantage 239 7 Processes, Organizations, and Information Systems 241 8 Social Media Information Systems 283 9 Business Intelligence Systems 323 Part 4: Information Systems Management 373 10 Development Processes 375 11 Information Systems Management 423 12 Information Security Management 451 The International Dimension 489 Application Exercises 506 Glossary 523 Index 53