Business Information A Systems Approach

PCS-LB 01/06/2000<>Limp<>Blurb Harry: Business lnformation_p3<>(Draft Version)<>Blurb<>'Business Information: A Systems Approach' provides an overview of information, organizations and management, based on a consistent framework of systems concepts, and addressing the world of global communications and a global economy. This third edition of Information Systems for Business has been substantially reworked and updated to take account of developments in this rapidly changing area. The book continues to emphasize systems thinking and concepts but in a more global arena, reflecting the changes to the way in which information is communicated. The message remains that systems concepts are the key to understanding this new complexity and relating it to practical management application.<>New features:<>* Lead-in cases to chapters which relate conceptual material to lively, contemporary issues of organizational and global information<>* Two new chapters, which extend the coverage of systems and control concepts found in Chapter 3 of earlier editions<>* An increased role for extracts from contemporary sources, which help students to relate systems concepts to the business world around them<>* New and original material on how management systems can cope with a changing environment<>* Explanation of the significance of Requisite Variety and Asby's law for the limitations of conventional management views of control<>* More explicit examples of the interrelationship between information and communications technology, which focus on the Internet, communication and networked systems<>* Reviewed and increased coverage of the human and organizational aspects of systems development<>* Instructor's Manual and supporting website<>Classic features of the book:<>* combines concepts and applications to provide a balanced view of the subject<>* chapter-by-chapter, lead-in case studies introduce the subject in a way that shows the key issues and questions to be covered<>* outstanding pedagogy including end-of-chapter key words, seminar agendas, exam topics and project dissertation subjects<>* appendices with additional short cases for referral to examples and issues across the entire subject<>This fully-comprehensive text continues to provide a coherent conceptual framework for the understanding, analysis, improvement, specification, design, implementation and exploitation of information systems in a management systems context. The author's accessible and readable style make it an invaluable guide for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.<>Professor Mike Harry is Senior Visiting Research Fellow in Management and Information Systems at the University of Bradford Management Centre. He was formerly a Reader in Computing and Information Systems at the Humberside Business School. His industrial experience covers the fields of production systems and operational research in the transport and aerospace industries. He was awarded his professorial title by the International Institute of Economics and Law, Moscow.<>Picture Caption<>CWS logo<>Front Cover<>Spine<>Back Cover<>Full ISBN 0273-64670-2<>PCS-LB 01/06/2000<>Contents<>1 The learner's guide to using this book;<>2 Information and Management;<>3 Individual, Organizational and Global Systems;<>4 Management, Control and Information;<>5 Building Information and communication;<>6 Modelling and Managing Data;<>7 Organizations and Information Systems;<>8 Devising and Developing Information Systems;<>9 Implementing and Maintaining Information Systems<>Biblio Data<>Format 246Xl 89mm<>Extent 448pp (est)<>Final Bulk mm<>Illustrations 110<>ISBN 0273-64670-2<>Price £24.99<>Published Date 15/11/2000 (est)Harry, Mike is the author of 'Business Information A Systems Approach', published 2002 under ISBN 9780273646709 and ISBN 0273646702.