Information Systems for Business
Published on 1. April 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-13-463647-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text is larded case studies from the UK, continental Europe, Asia and the US; for example, automation of Rotterdam's Port, Japanese Smart Carts, expert systems for UK cereal grain farmers and systems growth and integration at Midland Bank, UK. In addition, the text contains many learning aids. The book opens with an introduction to hardware, software, data technology and communications, and goes on to explain the development and management of information systems. It covers computer use for functional applications - manufacturing, office automation, finance and banking, decision making support - and features examples drawn from business and industry.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
944 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-463647-4 (9780134636474)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
K.M. Hussain | Donna S. Hussain
Information Systems for Business
Book
05/1995
2nd Edition
Prentice-Hall
€33.37
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Content
Information for business management; processing by computer; software; input, storage and output equipment; teleprocessing and networks; design of a database; administration of a database; data preparation - collection, coding and validation; processing of data; an overview of systems development - the system life cycle methodology and alternatives; planning and feasibility determination; determining system requirement; systems design; design implementation, testing, conversion and evaluaton; post-implementation - operations, evaluation, auditing, maintenance and redevelopment; systems control - quality, privacy, security; organizing the human element in information systems; information centres; impact of information systems on management; functional computer applications; computers in manufacturing; office automation; financial and banking systems; executive and decision support systems; expert systems; systems integration and growth; artificial intelligence; the future of computing.