Business Information Systems

This text covers the information requirements and management perspectives required in a business environment. Fully updated to include all recent developments in the area of information systems, this book: places more emphasis upon managerial issues, in particular the strategic and competitive benefits of information technology; includes enhanced sections on networks and communications, both in disucssion of technology and of organizational impact; has extended coverage of decision support systems, and includes executive information systems and other new tools in this area; and includes three new chapters on strategy and information systems, distributed systems networks and the organization, and decision-support and end-user computing. and computer students.

Business Information Systems – analysis, design and practice, sixth edition
by Graham Curtis and David Cobham

This book aims to equip those in, or entering, business to assess the opportunities, limitations and major issues surrounding modern business information systems and to appreciate the way that information systems can aid the realization of business objectives. Providing students with:

• Good technical coverage, accessible for both business students and computing students
• Interesting case studies showing real-world application of ideas and technologies, including a long case that runs through all the systems development chapters
• European context and examples
• Self-assessment questions, hints for the review questions in the book and worked database solutions online at www.pearsoned.co.uk/curtis

New to this edition:

• A completely new chapter introducing the object-oriented approach to information systems development using UML
• An increased focus on current topics such as project management techniques, globalization, e-business, security and trust
• A new chapter on Business Intelligence including coverage of decision support systems, document management systems, CRM, digital dashboards, OLAP, web services, data warehousing and data mining

PowerPoint slides for lecturers and an updated Instructor's Manual can be downloaded from www.pearsoned.co.uk/curtis

Graham Curtis combines lecturing and developing courses in information systems analysis and design, and database and accounting information systems, with research and consultancy in business information systems. He is Dean of Modular Programmes at the University of East London.

David Cobham is an active lecturer, researcher and consultant in Business Information Systems and is Head of Department of Computing and Informatics at the University of Lincoln. His current interests are in information systems development methodologies, e-commerce systems development, decision support systems and project management