Principles of Business Information Systems - Softcover

Ralph M. Stair; Thomas Chesney; George W. Reynolds

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473703883 ISBN 13: 9781473703889

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2015

Synopsis

The second edition of Principles of Business Information Systems has been fully updated to reflect the latest developments in business information systems. Cases have been updated, increasing the international content and questions and exercises have also been revised. This new edition is suitable for students studying on any information systems course, helping to prepare them for the corporate world in the twenty-first century.

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About the Author

Dr Thomas Chesney is a lecturer in Information Systems at Nottingham University Business School. Previously he was a lecturer in the School of Computing, Napier University in Scotland and before that, a senior lecturer in the Department of Computing and IT at Buckingham Chilterns University College Professor George Reynolds brings a wealth of business, teaching, and writing experience to this book. His successful business career spans four decades of working in government, institutional, and business IS organizations. Professor Reynolds combines this business and industry experience with exceptional teaching skills to deliver a text that is both practical and focused on the needs of today's student. Professor Reynolds has taught IS at the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University (Ohio), Miami University (Ohio), the College of Mount St. Joseph, and Strayer University. He has held positions at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas; the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California; and Procter & Gamble and Atos IT Services in Cincinnati, Ohio. Professor Reynolds has authored more than two dozen popular textbooks addressing various aspects of today's information technology and business. Dr. Ralph Stair received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, an M.B.A. from Tulane University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. He has taught at the University of Oregon, the University of Washington, the University of New Orleans, and Florida State University. He has taught several courses through Florida State University's Study Abroad Program in London. Throughout the years, Dr. Stair has focused his teaching and research on information systems. He has endowed the Ralph Stair Prize in Innovative Education at Florida State University. He also provided funding for the Stair-Harkrider scholarship and the Ralph Stair Prize in Academic Improvement at his high school in Wisconsin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473703883
• ISBN 13: 9781473703889
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560