Business information systems : analysis, design and practice / Graham Curtis.

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This text focuses on the information requirements and management perspectives required in a business environment. It includes recent developments in the rapidly moving area of information systems. New technology will be covered in full, with particular emphasis on the Internet and Networks, highlighting how this technology impacts upon business. To reflect the increasing internationalization of business there is also strong emphasis on the globalisation of Business Information systems. *Explores the nature of information and its use in managerial decision making *Discusses the role of information systems within organisational strategy *Combination of a business orientation with clear discussion of technological issues

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface
• Information Systems
• Strategy and Information Systems
• Technology and Decision Support
• Distributed Systems Networks and the Organisation
• Decision Support and End-User Computing
• Business, the World Wide Web, and the Internet
• File Organisation and Data-bases for Business Systems
• Control in Information Systems
• Information Systems Development: An Overview
• The Systems Project: Early Stages
• Process Analysis and Modelling
• Systems Design
• Detailed Design, Implementation and Review
• Systems Analysis and Design Alternative Approaches
• Expert Systems
• Prototyping and the Development of Expert Systems
• Index