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Chapter 1. Information Systems: Concepts and Management. |
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1.1 Information Systems: Concepts and Definitions. |
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1.2 Types of Information Systems. |
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1.3 Examples of Information systems. |
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1.4 Managing Information Resources. |
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1.5 The Plan of This Book. |
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Chapter 2. The Modern Organization in the Digital Economy. |
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2.1 Doing Business in the Digital Economy. |
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2.2 Business Pressures, Organizational Responses, and IT Support. |
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2.3 Competitive Advantage and Strategic Information Systems. |
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2.4 Why Should You Learn about Information Technology? |
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Chapter 3. Ethics, Privacy, and Information Security. |
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3.2 Threats to Information Security. |
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3.3 Protecting Information Resources. |
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Chapter 4. Data and Knowledge Management. |
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4.2 The Database Approach. |
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4.3 Database Management Systems. |
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4.6 Knowledge Management. |
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Chapter 5. Network Computing. |
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5.2 The Database Approach. |
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5.3 Database Management Systems. |
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5.6 Knowledge Management. |
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Chapter 6. E-Business and E-Commerce. |
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6.1 Overview of E-Business and E-Commerce |
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6.2 Business-to-Consumer (B2C) Electronic Commerce. |
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6.3 Business-to-Business (B2B) Electronic Commerce. |
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6.5 Ethical and Legal Issues in E- Business. |
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Chapter 7. Wireless, Mobile Computing, and Mobile Commerce. |
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7.1 Wireless Technologies. |
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7.2 Wireless Computer Networks and Internet Access. |
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7.3 Mobile Computing and Mobile Commerce. |
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Chapter 8. Organizational Information Systems. |
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8.1 Transaction Processing Systems. |
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8.2 Functional Information Systems. |
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8.3 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. |
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8.4 Customer Relationship Management. |
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8.5 Supply Chain Management Systems. |
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8.6 Electronic Data Interchange and Extranets. |
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Chapter 9. Managerial Support Systems. |
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9.1 Managers and Decision Making. |
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9.2 Decision Support Systems. |
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9.3 Enterprise and Executive Decision Support Systems. |
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Chapter 10. Acquiring IT Applications. |
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10.1 Planning for and Justifying IT Applications. |
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10.2 Strategies for Acquiring IT Applications. |
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10.3 The Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle. |
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10.4 Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development. |
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10.5 Outsourcing and Application Service Providers. |
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10.6 Vendor and Software Selection. |
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Technology Guide 1. Computer Hardware. |
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TG1.2 The Central Processing Unit. |
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TG1.4 Computer Hierarchy. |
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TG1.5 Input and Output Technologies. |
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TG1.6 General Technological Trends. |
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TG1.7 Strategic Hardware Issues. |
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Technology Guide 2. Computer Software. |
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TG 2.1 Significance of Software. |
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TG 2.3 Application Software. |
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TG 2.5 Programming Languages. |
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