01381nam a22001457a 4500008004100000020001500041050001400056100001900070245006800089250001200157260007000169300003000239500002000269505094600289140604b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0805324305  aT58.6.A44  aAlter, Steven.  aInformation systems: a management perspective. /cSteven Alter.  a2nd ed.  aNew York:bThe benjamin/Cummings publishing company, Inc.,c1996.  axxi, 728p.:bill.;c26cm.  aIncludes index.  aContents: Basic ideas for understanding information systems: System-related challenges for business professionals -- Framework and method for analyzing systems in business terms -- Describing and evaluating business processes -- Information and databases -- Applications and impacts of information systems: Types of information systems: Different ways to support communication and decision making -- Increasing efficiency and effectiveness of internal operations -- Helping firms compete through selling, pricing, and product differentiation -- Human and ethical issues -- Understanding the role of information technology: Computer hardware -- Software and programming -- Telecommunications and networks -- Steps towards computer intelligence: Making systems "Smarter" -- Planning, Building, and managing information systems: Information system planning -- Methods for building information systems -- Information system security and control.