Information Technology in Business
James A. Senn(Author)
Pearson (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 1994
Book
Hardback
640 pages
978-0-13-484304-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Written by a highly regarded, internationally-known consultant and educator in business and information, this text examines the way IT is transforming the nature of business careers in the 1990s and beyond. Each chapter explores proven IT theories, frameworks, and principles concerning computers and communications networks - together with current on-the-job know-how drawn from the experiences of a wide variety of real-world businesses. The emphasis throughout is on the way information technology is used and applied for problem-solving, the new and emerging technologies as they are being implemented in real large and small organizations, applications to personal and professional practice, and the challenges and opportunities of IT in international business situations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Width: 260 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1229 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-484304-9 (9780134843049)
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James A. Senn
Information Technology in Business
Principles, Practices, and Opportunities: United States Edition
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02/1998
2nd Edition
Pearson
€56.94
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Content
I. AN INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 1. Information Technology: Principles, Practices, and Opportunities. 2. Tour of a Computer System. II. TECH TALK. 3. The Central Processor and Memory. 4. Secondary Storage and Input/Output Devices. III. SINGLE-USER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 5. Electronic Spreadsheets: Powerful Problem-Solving Tools. 6. Database Applications for Personal Productivity. 7. Publishing, Word Processing, and Graphic Systems: The Tools of Images and Words. 8. Developing Single-User Systems. IV. MULTI-USER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 9. Multi-User and Network Computing. 10. Shared and Distributed Data. 11. Developing Shared IT Applications. 12. Business Information System and IT in Industry. V. IT ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES. 13. Issues in Information Technology. 14. The Information Age: Next Steps.