01433nam a22001697a 4500 140604b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0805324305 T58.6.A44 Alter, Steven. Information systems: a management perspective. / Steven Alter. 2nd ed. New York: The benjamin/Cummings publishing company, Inc., 1996. xxi, 728p.: ill.; 26cm. Includes index. Contents: 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. lcc BK 2955 10455 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 REF 2014-06-04 0 7555/583/13 2014-06-04 00:00:00 1 2014-06-04 BK