Managing and Using Information Systems

✍ Scribed by Galletta, Dennis F.;Pearlson, Keri E.;Saunders, Carol S

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 339
• Edition: 6th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; About the Authors ; Introduction ; The Case for Participating in Decisions about Information Systems ; A Business View of Critical Resources; People and Technology Work Together; Integrating Business with Information Systems; Opportunities and New Strategies Derived from Rapid Changes in Technology; Competitive Challenges.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
The Case for Participating in Decisions about Information Systems
A Business View of Critical Resources
People and Technology Work Together
Integrating Business with Information Systems
Opportunities and New Strategies Derived from Rapid Changes in Technology
Competitive Challenges. Customer PullData-Driven Decision Making
Securing Key Assets
What If a Manager Doesn't Participate?
Information Systems Must Support Business Goals
Information Systems Must Support Organizational Systems
Skills Needed to Participate Effectively in Information Technology Decisions
How to Participate in Information Systems Decisions
Organization of the Book
Basic Assumptions
Assumptions about Management
Assumptions about Business. Assumptions about Information SystemsEconomics of Information versus Economics of Things
Social Business Lens
Summary
Key Terms
1 The Information Systems Strategy Triangle
Brief Overview of Business Strategy Frameworks
The Generic Strategies Framework
Dynamic Environment Strategies
Why Are Strategic Advantage Models Essential to Planning for Information Systems? Business Models versus Business StrategyBrief Overview of Organizational Strategies
Brief Overview of Information Systems Strategy
Social Business Lens: Building a Social Business Strategy
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Case Study 1-1 Lego
Case Study 1-2 Google
2 Strategic Use of Information Resources. Evolution of Information Resources Information Resources as Strategic Tools
How Can Information Resources Be Used Strategically?
Using Information Resources to Influence Competitive Forces
Using Information Resources to Alter the Value Chain
Sustaining Competitive Advantage
Using the Resource-Based View (RBV)
Social Business Lens: Social Capital.

✦ Subjects

Electronic commerce;Information technology--Management;Knowledge management;Management information systems;Electronic books;Information technology -- Management