MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SECOND EDITION
About this audiobook
It is widely recognised that the knowledge of information systems is essential in today’s business organisations to survive and prosper. This book in its Second Edition, discusses all the major areas in information systems. It includes issues in the design, development and application of organisation-wide information systems and their effect on business and organisations. The issues discussed in the book supports the management of an enterprise in its planning, operation and control functions.
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE bOOK
• Balanced treatment of both the technical and organisational issues involved
• Wide range of topics including databases, decision support systems, expert systems and system analysis
• Contemporary examples from the Indian industry
Though the main structure of the Second Edition remains the same, the chapters have been updated and revised as per the recent developments in the field of information technology.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
• Several ‘Case-studies’ have been incorporated at the end of each chapter.
• New references have been included in the text to support the added text.
• Learning objectives have been given at the beginning of each chapter.
• The text is presented in an attractive manner as numerous new figures and pictures have been added.
About the author
S. Sadagopan, Ph.D. (Purdue University, USA) is the Director of IIIT-Bangalore since 1999. Earlier he had taught at IIT-Kanpur (1979–1995) and IIM-Bangalore (1995–1999); he had also taught at RUTGERS (The State University of New Jersey, USA) in 1997 and at AIT-Bangkok in 1990. He had taught courses on Information Systems to undergraduate and graduate students, both in India and abroad and to the students of technology and business, as well as hundreds of practicing managers in the industry.
His research work has appeared in several international journals including IEEE Transactions, IEEE IT Professional, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, Simulation, Journal of Optimization Theory and Naval Research Logistics. He has edited a book and contributed a chapter to several other books. He is a Fellow of IEE (UK) and Computer Society of India.
