Description
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For graduate and undergraduate courses in IT management and IT strategy.
The authors utilize their years of working with companies on IT management / strategy to provide students with a practical look at the evolution of IT in business.
Features and Benefits
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For graduate and undergraduate courses in IT management and IT strategy.
The authors utilize their years of working with companies on IT management / strategy to provide students with a practical look at the evolution of IT in business.
80 Real Company Cases
Future IS managers will benefit from McNurlin's use of examples that highlight what "the real world" has in store.
Over 80 cases are featured throughout its entirety, so students can see how real companies have used IT in the past, the present, and how they may use IT in the future. Examples include:
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Blogs
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Instant Messaging
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Social Networking Services
Current Content
IT is changing so rapidly that textbook authors, practitioners, researchers, and academics have a difficult time staying current. This dedicated author team has worked hard to include the most recent information and statistics. Two major developments that have been added are:
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The concept of mobile computing for on-demand, real-time needs
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Changes in the business world itself such as, international trade, national and global security, Cybercrime, outsourcing and off-shoring, corporate malfeasance, terrorism, and regional conflicts
Historical Walkthrough
The book provides students with an historical walkthrough of IT management to see how the use of IT has evolved in business.
The lessons learned in the text can be applied to future jobs opportunities.
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Chapter 1: Provides a historical perspective of the use of information and communications technologies in business
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Chapter 4: Offers an evolutionary perspective of information system planning
Useful to Practicing Managers and Consultants
This text works well in an EMBA program or a graduate class where many of the students are also working professionals, as well as providing a reference for students after they graduate.
This book is useful to:
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Senior business executives who want an overview of the issues and strategies.
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CIOs who must implement IT as a strategic resource.
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IS managers who are responsible for managing major technical areas.
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Managers of functional units who want to better understand the issues and processes of providing IT support, promote the use of IT in their organization, or are now responsible for overseeing the management of IT in their function.
Unique End-Of-Chapter Material
The end-of-chapter material is available in order to help students conceptualize what they have read.
Three types of questions have been included:
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Review Questions to assess comprehension of priciples, topics, and ideas.
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Discussion Questions for which there is a legitimate basis for a difference of opinion.
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Exercises that provide an opportunity for the reader to put some of the concepts and ideas into practice on a small scale.
Table of Contents
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Preface
CHAPTER 1
Information Systems Management in the global economy
PART I
LEADERSHIP ISSUES IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER 2
The Top is Job
CHAPTER 3
Strategic uses of Information Technology
CHAPTER 4
Strategic Information Systems Planning
PART II
MANAGING THE ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER 5
Designing Corporate IT Architecture
CHAPTER 6
Managing Telecommunications
CHAPTER 7
Managing Corporate Information Resources
CHAPTER 8
Managing Partnership-Based IT Operations
PART III
MANAGING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 9
Technology for Developing effective Systems
CHAPTER 10
Management Issues in System Development
CHAPTER 11
Managing Information Security
PART IV
SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING KNOWLEDGE-BASED WORK
CHAPTER 12
Supporting Information-centric Decision Making
CHAPTER 13
Supporting IT-enabled Collaboration
CHAPTER 14
Supporting Knowledge Work
CHAPTER 15
The Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
Glossary
Index
