Using MIS, Global Edition + MyLab MIS with Pearson eText (Package)
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
David Kroenke has many years of teaching experience at Colorado State University, Seattle University, and the University of Washington. He has led dozens of seminars for college professors on the teaching of information systems and technology; in 1991, the International Association of Information Systems named him Computer Educator of the Year. In 2009, David was named Educator of the Year by the Association of Information Technology Professionals-Education Special Interest Group (AITP-EDSIG).
David worked for the U.S. Air Force and Boeing Computer Services. He was a principal in the startup of three companies, serving as the vice president of product marketing and development for the Microrim Corporation and as chief of database technologies for Wall Data, Inc. He is the father of the semantic object data model. David’s consulting clients have included IBM, Microsoft, and Computer Sciences Corporations, as well as numerous smaller companies. Recently, David has focused on using information systems for teaching collaboration and teamwork.
His text Database Processing was first published in 1977 and is now in its 14th edition. He has authored and coauthored many other textbooks, including Database Concepts, 7th ed. (2015), Experiencing MIS, 7th ed. (2017), SharePoint for Students (2012), Office 365 in Business (2012), and Processes, Systems, and Information: An Introduction to MIS, 2nd ed. (2015).
Randall J . Boyle received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Florida State University in 2003. He also has a master’s degree in Public Administration and a B.S. in Finance. He has received university teaching awards at Longwood University, the University of Utah, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has taught a wide variety of classes, including Introduction to MIS, Cyber Security, Networking & Servers, System Analysis and Design, Telecommunications, Advanced Cyber Security, Decision Support Systems, and Web Servers.
His research areas include deception detection in computer-mediated environments, secure information systems, the effects of IT on cognitive biases, the effects of IT on knowledge work- ers, and e-commerce. He has published in several academic journals and has authored several textbooks, including Experiencing MIS, 7th ed., Corporate Computer and Network Security, 4th ed., Applied Information Security, 2nd ed., and Applied Networking Labs, 2nd ed.
- 1. The Importance of MIS
- 2. Collaboration Information Systems
- 3. Strategy and Information Systems
- 4. Hardware, Software, and Mobile Systems
- 5. Database Processing
- 6. The Cloud
- 7. Processes, Organizations, and Information Systems
- 8. Social Media Information Systems
- 9. Business Intelligence Systems
- 10. Information Systems Security
- 11. Information Systems Management
- 12. Information Systems Development
- Guides: Each chapter includes three guides that focus on current issues in information systems. One addresses ethics, one addresses security, and the third addresses information systems careers.
- Chapter Introduction Business Example: Each chapter begins with a description of a business situation that motivates the need for the chapter’s contents. The authors focus on two different businesses over the course of the text: Falcon Security, a provider of aerial surveillance and inspection services; and ARES, an augmented reality exercise startup opportunity.
- Query-Based Chapter Format: Each chapter starts with a list of questions, and each major heading is a question. The Active Review contains tasks for students to perform in order to demonstrate their ability to answer the questions.
- So What?: Each chapter of this text includes an exercise called “So What?” This feature challenges students to apply the knowledge they’ve gained from the chapter to themselves, often in a personal way. The goal is to drive home the relevancy of the chapter’s contents to their future professional lives. It presents a current issue in IS that is relevant to the chapter content and asks students to consider why that issue matters to them as future business professionals.
- 2027?: Each chapter concludes with a discussion of how the concepts, technology, and systems described in that chapter might change by 2027.
- Active Review: This review provides a set of activities for students to perform in order to demonstrate their ability to answer the primary questions addressed by the chapter.
- Using Your Knowledge: These exercises ask students to take their new knowledge one step further by applying it to a practice problem.
- Collaboration Exercises: These exercises and cases ask students to collaborate with a group of fellow students, using collaboration tools introduced in Chapter 2.
- Case Studies: Each chapter includes a case study at the end.
- Application Exercises: This appendix of Excel and Access exercises asks students to use spreadsheet and database skills.
- International Dimension: This module at the end of the text discusses international aspects of MIS. It includes the importance of international IS, the localization of system components, the roles of functional and cross-functional systems, international applications, supply chain management, and challenges of international systems development.
- Decision-making Simulations: Place your students in the role of a key decision maker. The simulation will change and branch based on the decisions students make, providing a variety of scenario paths. Upon completion of each simulation, students receive a grade as well as a detailed report of the choices they made during the simulation and the associated consequences of those decisions. UPDATED! Fully re-written, decision-making mini-simulations.
- Content added on how businesses are using virtual reality and artificial intelligence
- Career Guide features MIS and business career opportunities, presented in the form of Q&A interviews
- ARES business case examples, introducing students to a cloud-based augmented-reality exercise startup in Chapters 6-12
- Five new Ethics Guides, five new Security Guides, and 11 new Career Guides
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
David Kroenke has many years of teaching experience at Colorado State University, Seattle University, and the University of Washington. He has led dozens of seminars for college professors on the teaching of information systems and technology; in 1991, the International Association of Information Systems named him Computer Educator of the Year. In 2009, David was named Educator of the Year by the Association of Information Technology Professionals-Education Special Interest Group (AITP-EDSIG).
David worked for the U.S. Air Force and Boeing Computer Services. He was a principal in the startup of three companies, serving as the vice president of product marketing and development for the Microrim Corporation and as chief of database technologies for Wall Data, Inc. He is the father of the semantic object data model. David’s consulting clients have included IBM, Microsoft, and Computer Sciences Corporations, as well as numerous smaller companies. Recently, David has focused on using information systems for teaching collaboration and teamwork.
His text Database Processing was first published in 1977 and is now in its 14th edition. He has authored and coauthored many other textbooks, including Database Concepts, 7th ed. (2015), Experiencing MIS, 7th ed. (2017), SharePoint for Students (2012), Office 365 in Business (2012), and Processes, Systems, and Information: An Introduction to MIS, 2nd ed. (2015).
Randall J . Boyle received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Florida State University in 2003. He also has a master’s degree in Public Administration and a B.S. in Finance. He has received university teaching awards at Longwood University, the University of Utah, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has taught a wide variety of classes, including Introduction to MIS, Cyber Security, Networking & Servers, System Analysis and Design, Telecommunications, Advanced Cyber Security, Decision Support Systems, and Web Servers.
His research areas include deception detection in computer-mediated environments, secure information systems, the effects of IT on cognitive biases, the effects of IT on knowledge work- ers, and e-commerce. He has published in several academic journals and has authored several textbooks, including Experiencing MIS, 7th ed., Corporate Computer and Network Security, 4th ed., Applied Information Security, 2nd ed., and Applied Networking Labs, 2nd ed.