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Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List), 14th Edition



Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List), 14th Edition PDF

Author: Ralph Stair and George Reynolds

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Publish Date: July 31, 2020

ISBN-10: 0357112415

Pages: 758

File Type: PDF

Language: English

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Book Preface

As organizations and entrepreneurs continue to operate in an increasingly competitive and global marketplace, workers in all business areas includ-ing accounting, customer service, distribution, finance, human resources, information systems, logistics, marketing, manufacturing, research and development, and sales must be well prepared to make the significant con-tributions required for success. Regardless of your future role, even if you are an entrepreneur, you need to understand what information systems can and cannot do and be able to use them to help you achieve personal and organizational goals. You will be expected to discover opportunities to use information systems and to participate in the design and implemen-tation of solutions to business problems employing information systems. To be successful, you must be able to view information systems from the perspective of business and organizational needs. For your solutions to be accepted, you must recognize and address their impact on coworkers, customers, suppliers, and other key business partners. For these reasons, a course in information systems is essential for students in today’s high-tech world.

Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition, continues the tradition and approach of previous editions. Our primary objective is to provide the best information systems text and accompanying materials for the first information systems course required for all business students. We want you to learn to use information systems to ensure your personal success in your current or future role and to improve the success of your organization. Through surveys, questionnaires, focus groups, and feedback that we have received from current and past adopters, as well as others who teach in the field, we have been able to develop the highest-quality set of teaching materi-als available to help you achieve these goals.

Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition, stands proudly at the beginning of the IS curriculum and remains unchallenged in its position as the only IS principles text offering basic IS concepts that every business student must learn to be successful. Instructors of the introductory course faced a dilemma. On one hand, experience in business organizations allows students to grasp the complexities underlying important IS concepts. For this reason, many schools delayed presenting these concepts until students com-pleted a large portion of their core business requirements. On the other hand, delaying the presentation of IS concepts until students have matured within the business curriculum often forces the one or two required introductory IS courses to focus only on personal computing software tools and, at best, merely to introduce computer concepts.

This text has been written specifically for the introductory course in the IS curriculum. Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition, addresses the appropriate computer and IS concepts while also provid-ing a strong managerial emphasis on meeting business and organizational needs.

Approach of This Text

Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition, offers the traditional coverage of computer concepts, but places the material within the context of meeting business and organizational needs. Placing information systems concepts within this context and taking a management perspective has always set this text apart from other computer texts, thus making it appeal-ing not only to MIS majors but also to students from other fields of study. The text is not overly technical, but rather deals with the role that informa-tion systems play in an organization and the key principles a manager or technology specialist needs to grasp to be successful. The principles of IS are brought together and presented in a way that is understandable, rele-vant, and interesting. In addition, the text offers an overview of the entire IS discipline, while giving students a solid foundation for further study in more advanced IS courses such as programming, systems analysis and design, project management, database management, data communications, Web site design and development, information system security, big data and analytics, e-commerce, and informatics. As such, it serves the needs of both general business managers and those who aspire to become IS professionals.

While the fundamental vision of this market-leading text remains unchanged, in the Fourteenth Edition the structure and topic coverage have been reexamined and realigned to more clearly highlight established prin-ciples and draw on new ones that have emerged as a result of business, organizational, technological, and societal changes.

IS Principles First, Where They Belong

Exposing students to basic IS principles is an advantage even for those students who take no IS courses beyond the introductory IS course. Since most functional areas of the business rely on information systems, an understanding of IS principles helps students in their other course work. In addition, introducing students to the principles of information systems helps future business managers and entrepreneurs employ information systems successfully and avoid mishaps that often result in unfortunate consequences. Furthermore, presenting IS concepts at the introductory level creates interest among students who may later choose information systems as their field of concentration.

Goals of This Text

Because Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition, is written for business majors, we believe that it is important not only to present a realis-tic perspective on IS in business but also to provide students with the skills they can use to be effective business leaders in their organizations. To that end, Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition, has three main goals:

1. To provide a set of core IS principles that prepare students to function more efficiently and effectively as workers, managers, decision makers, and organizational leaders

2. To provide insights into the challenging and changing role of the IS professional so that students can better appreciate the role of this key individual
3. To show the value of the IS discipline as an attractive field of specializa-tion so that students can evaluate this as a potential career path

IS Principles

Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition, although comprehen-sive, cannot cover every aspect of the rapidly changing IS discipline. The authors, having recognized this, provide students with an essential core of guiding IS principles to use as they strive to use IS systems in their academic and work environment. Think of principles as basic truths or rules that remain constant regardless of the situation. As such, they provide strong guidance for tough decision making. A set of IS principles is highlighted at the beginning of each chapter. The use of these principles to solve real-world problems is driven home from the opening examples of cutting edge applications to the dozens of real-world examples of organizations applying these princi-ples interspersed throughout each chapter to the interesting and diverse end-of-chapter material. The ultimate goal of Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition, is to develop effective, thinking, action-oriented students by instilling them with principles to help guide their decision making and actions.

Survey of the IS Discipline

Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition, not only offers the tra-ditional coverage of computer concepts but also provides a broad framework to impart students with a solid grounding in the business uses of technology, the challenges of successful implementation, the necessity for gaining broad adoption of information systems, and the potential ethical and societal issues that may arise. In addition to serving general business students, this book offers an overview of the entire IS discipline and solidly prepares future IS professionals for advanced IS courses and careers in the rapidly changing IS discipline.

Changing Role of the IS Professional

As business and the IS discipline have changed, so too has the role of the IS professional. Once considered a technical specialist, today the IS professional operates as an internal consultant to all functional areas of the organization, being knowledgeable about their needs and competent in bringing the power of information systems to bear throughout the entire organization. The IS professional must view issues through a global perspective that encompasses the entire enterprise and the broader industry and business environment in which it operates.

The scope of responsibilities of an IS professional today is not confined to just his or her organization but encompasses the entire ecosystem of employ-ees, contractors, suppliers, customers, competitors, regulatory agencies, and other entities, no matter where they are located. This broad scope of respon-sibilities creates a new challenge: how to help an organization survive in our highly interconnected, highly competitive global environment. In accepting that challenge, the IS professional plays a pivotal role in shaping the business itself and ensuring its success. To survive, businesses must strive for the high-est level of customer satisfaction and loyalty through innovative products and services, competitive prices, and ever-improving product and service quality. The IS professional assumes a critical role in determining the organizations approach to both overall cost and quality performance and therefore plays an important role in the ongoing growth of the organization. This new duality in the role of the IS worker a professional who exercises a specialist’s skills with a generalist’s perspective is reflected throughout Principles of Information Systems, Fourteenth Edition.

IS as a Field of Study

Computer science and business were ranked #1 and #4, respectively, in the 2019 Princeton Review list of top 10 college majors based on research cover-ing job prospects, alumni salaries, and popularity. A 2019 U.S. News & World Report study placed, software developer, operations research analyst, and Web developer as three of the top 25 best jobs for 2019 based on hiring demand, median salary, employment rate, future job prospects, stress level, and work life balance. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics identified information security analysts, operation research analysts, and software and applications developers as among the fastest growing occupations for the period 2018 and 2028. Clearly, the long-term job prospects for skilled and business-savvy informa-tion systems professionals is good. Employment of such workers is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2028. Upon graduation, IS graduates at many schools are among the highest paid of all business graduates.

A career in IS can be exciting, challenging, and rewarding! Today, per-haps more than ever before, the IS professional must be able to align IS and organizational goals and to ensure that IS investments are justified from a business perspective. The need to draw bright and interested students into the IS discipline is part of our ongoing responsibility. Throughout this text, the many challenges and opportunities available to IS professionals are high-lighted and emphasized.


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