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Chapter 1. IS in the Life of Business Professionals

What is an an Information System?

What is MIS?

Case Study I.R.S. Requirements

Chapter 2. Business Processes, Information, and Information Systems

How do information systems support business processes?
Chapter 3. Organizational Strategy, Information Systems, and Competitive Advantage

What five forces determine industry structure?

What is competitive strategy? What is a value chain?
How do information systems provide competitive advantage?
Case Study: BOSU balance trainer

Case Study: Dell leverages the Internet, directly
Chapter 4. Hardware and Software

What does a manager need to know about computer hardware?

What does a manager need to know about software?
Chapter 5. Database Processing

What is the purpose of a database?
Chapter 6. Data Communication

What are the alternatives for a WAN?
Chapter 7. Competitive Advantage with Information Systems within Organizations

What are the three fundamental types of information systems within organizations?
Chapter 9. Competitive Advantage with Information Systems for Decision Making

How big is an exabyte, and why does it matter?

What are the purpose and components of a data warehouse?

What is a data mart and how does it differ from a data warehouse?
Chapter 10. Information Systems Development

What is a systems development?

Case Study: Slow learners, or what?
Chapter 11. Information Systems Management

How is the IT department organized?

What are your rights and responsibilities?
Chapter 12. Information Security Management

How can technical safeguards protect against security threats?
Chapter Extension 2. Information Systems and Decision Making
How do decisions vary by level?
Chapter Extension 5. Database Design
How are database application systems developed?
Chapter Extension 7. How the Internet Works
How does e-mail travel?
Chapter Extension 10. Cross-Functional Systems: CRM, ERP, and EAI
What is the importance of inherent processes?
Chapter Extension 12. Supply Chain Management
What is a supply chain?
Chapter Extension 20. Outsourcing
What is outsourcing?





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