Management Information Systems: Sample Titles

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Information security is everyone's concern. The way we live is underwritten by information system infrastructures, most notably the Internet. The functioning of our business organizations, the management of our supply chains, and the operation of our governments depend on the secure flow of information. In an organizational environment information security is a never-ending process of protecting information and the systems that produce it.This volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems" series covers the managerial landscape of information security. It deals with how organizations and nations organize their information security policies and efforts. The book covers how to strategize and implement security with a special focus on emerging technologies. It highlights the wealth of security technologies, and also indicates that the problem is not a lack of technology but rather its intelligent application.

Information has been a scarce commodity in most of human history. All that has changed--but most businesses don't know how to make the most of it. Most organizations use their management information systems only to handle routine transactions like payroll and billing. This book shows executives how a management information system can provide help at all levels: operational, where the work gets done, as well as tactical and strategic, where planning and policy are determined. The author maintains that an organization's failure to develop a successful information system often stems from management's inability to understand both the power and limitations of information technology. This book tells managers what they need to know to play an effective role in the deployment and operation of an information system. In nontechnical language, with myriad concrete examples, the book shows how an effective MIS can help a business work smarter, not harder--going beyond merely reducing clerical staff to helping businesses gain an important advantage in whatever specific area matters to that business. This book is the latest volume in The Wharton Executive Library , conceived under the editorship of Jerry Wind, Lauder Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the world's first business school. The series is designed to provide executives with ready access to the latest scholarly advances in key management areas. It is based on the premise that managers can and should understand the latest concepts and methods in order to make better decisions and better evaluate the actions of others.

In clear, readable language, consultant and researcher Kevin Desouza accomplishes an unlikely feat: explaining artificial intelligence to nonspecialists, in a way that experts will recognize and accept as correct and immediately applicable. Workers in knowledge management are relatively isolated from each other, businesspeople are still unconvinced that artificial intelligence has much to offer, and engineers creating the latest algorithm or device seldom consider its value for businesspeople--Desouza seeks to change all that. He maintains that knowledge will be traded like physical goods, and that businesses must leverage knowledge resources within its organizations to survive in a highly competitive marketplace. Introducing us the concepts and significance of knowledge management, he shows that incorporating artificial intelligence computer-based techniques into business settings can provide truly significant gains in productivity. This book is among the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive one-stop guide to the basics of knowledge management, plus a lucid explanation of A.I., and how to use it in almost all types of organizational settings.

Qualitative research has become a legitimate approach within the information systems community, but researchers have traditionally drawn upon material from the social sciences given the absence of a single source relevant to them. Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader represents just such a volume and is both timely and relevant. Information systems and qualitative research articles are now widely used for teaching on many upper level courses in information systems, and there is demand for a definitive collection of these readings as a basic reader and teaching text. This book expertly brings together the seminal works in the field, along with editorial introductions to assist the reader in understanding the essential principles of qualitative research. The book is organised according to the following thematic sections: · Part I: Overview of Qualitative Research · Part II: Philosophical Perspectives · Part III: Qualitative Research Methods · Part IV: Modes of Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader should become the benchmark reference point for students and researchers in information systems, management science and others involved in information technology needing to learn about qualitative research.