Management Information System
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Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition by Effy Oz
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Content Project Manager: Aimee Poirier Marketing Manager: Bryant Chrzan Marketing Specialist: Vicki Ortiz
Compositor: GEX Publishing Services Print Buyer: Justin Palmeiro Cover photo: ©Walter Pietsch / Alamy Images
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Business Information Systems:
AN OVERVIEW
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
It is likely that you are carrying or using an information system. This is so if you have an advanced mobile phone, a handheld electronic device, or a laptop computer. Information systems pervade almost every aspect of our lives. Whether you are withdrawing money from a bank’s automatic teller machine or surfing the Web
Licensed to: iChapters User
Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition by Effy Oz
Product Manager: Kate Hennessy Developmental Editor: Deb Kaufmann Editorial Assistant: Patrick Frank
Content Project Manager: Aimee Poirier Marketing Manager: Bryant Chrzan Marketing Specialist: Vicki Ortiz
Compositor: GEX Publishing Services Print Buyer: Justin Palmeiro Cover photo: ©Walter Pietsch / Alamy Images
COPYRIGHT © 2009 Course Technology, a division of Cengage Learning, Inc. Cengage Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 QWD 12 11 10 09 08 For more information, contact Cengage Course Technology, 25 Thomson Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02210.
Or find us on the World Wide Web at: www.course.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution, or information storage and retrieval systems— without the written permission of the publisher.
For permission to use material from this text or product, contact us by Tel (800) 730-2214 Fax (800) 730-2215 Disclaimer Course Technology reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes from time to time in its content without notice. ISBN-13: 978-1-4239-0178-5 ISBN-10: 1-4239-0178-9
Copyright 2009 Cengage Learning, Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.
Licensed to: iChapters User
ONE
Business Information Systems:
AN OVERVIEW
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
It is likely that you are carrying or using an information system. This is so if you have an advanced mobile phone, a handheld electronic device, or a laptop computer. Information systems pervade almost every aspect of our lives. Whether you are withdrawing money from a bank’s automatic teller machine or surfing the Web