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Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach, 8th Edition

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ISBN: 978-1-394-21549-2

December 2023

368 pages

Description

Provides the knowledge and insights necessary to contribute to the Information Systems decision-making process

Managing & Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach delivers a solid knowledgebase of basic concepts to help MBA students and general business managers alike become informed, competent participants in Information Systems (IS) decisions. Now in its eighth edition, this fully up-to-date textbook explains the fundamental principles and practices required to use and manage information while illustrating how information systems can create or obstruct opportunities — and even propel digital transformations within a wide range of organizations.

Drawing from their expertise in both academia and industry, the authors discuss the business and design processes relevant to IS while presenting a basic framework that connects business strategy, IS strategy, and organizational strategy. Step by step, readers are guided through each essential aspect of Information Systems, from fundamental information architecture and infrastructure to cyber security, Artificial Intelligence (AI), business analytics, project management, platform and IS governance, IS sourcing, and more. Detailed chapters contain mini-cases, full-length case studies, discussion topics, review questions, supplemental readings, and topic-specific managerial concerns that provide insights into real-world IS issues.

Managing & Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach, Eighth Edition, is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and MBA-level courses on IS concepts and managerial approaches to leveraging emerging information technologies.

New to Edition
  • New content on IoT, data analytics, machine learning and AI, generative AI, privacy, and ethical management
  • New content on risk models, risk management, resilience, and other key cybersecurity issues such as ransomware and supply chain threats
  • New contemporary examples and end-of-chapter cases and review questions
  • Expanded discussion of business models, dynamic capabilities, and digital transformation
  • New coverage of supply chain management, remote work in the time of COVID, and the future of work
  • Updated material on IS platforms, infrastructure, and architecture, with emphasis on architecture and infrastructure enabled by cloud services
  • New coverage of IT project management, Information Systems sourcing, and working with platform and ecosystem partners
Features
  • Integrates the perspective of digital transformation, mobile technologies, cloud computing, platforms, cybersecurity, and global considerations throughout the book
  • Covers all the key, fundamental issues managers need to understand to be active and effective participants in IS decisions
  • Incorporates the IS Strategy Triangle, a unifying theme designed to show the strategic context of all topics
  • Contains case studies, discussion questions, chapter summaries, key term lists, tables and diagrams
  • Provides instructors with the flexibility to build in their own selection of cases and readings