• Chapter 1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • Chapter 1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • What is Information Technology
  • THE T-FORM ORGANIZATION
  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE MANAGER
  • FIVE MAJOR TRENDS
  • THE NATURE OF INFORMATION AND DECISION MAKING
  • What is information?
  • A model for interpreting information
  • The Decision-Making Process
  • Problem Finding and Solving
  • Types of decisions
    • Strategic Planning
    • Managerial Control
    • Operational Control
  • HOW DO INDIVIDUALS MAKE DECISIONS
    • Stages in the Decision-Making Process
  • THE INFLUENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION
• Chapter 2 FRAMEWORKS FOR IT
  • Chapter 2 FRAMEWORKS FOR IT
  • Framework
  • Decision-Oriented Frameworks
  • A FRAMEWORK BASED ON IT
    • Changing Technology and Application
    • Processing Transactions
  • Decision Support- Executive IS- and Expert Systems
  • Personal Support System
  • Supporting Groups and Cooperative Work-Groupware
  • Inter-organizational Systems
  • Key Technologies
  • A More Contemporary Framework
  • Who Needs a Ticket
  • THE BASICS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
    • Some Generic Types of Systems
  • USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY
• Chapter 3 THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • Chapter 3 THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • Benefits for the Organization
    • Gaining a Competitive Edge
    • Increasing Revenues
    • Reducing Cost
    • Improving Profits
    • Improving Quality
  • IMPACT ON ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
    • Formal Vs Informal Organization
  • MODERN ORGANIZATION
    • Organizational Structure and Design
    • Specialization
    • Interdependence
  • THE IMPACT OF IT ON THE ORGANIZATION.
    • How Technology Creates Flexibility
    • What is Organizational Flexibility
    • Impact on flexibility
    • Information Technology Runs the Airline
  • Technology Transforms the Securities Industry
  • Natural Growth Generates an Impact
  • THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON MARKETS
• Chapter 4 IT AND CORPORATE STRATEGY
  • Chapter 4 IT AND CORPORATE STRATEGY
  • Integrating IT and Strategy
  • Some Examples
  • Some Generic Strategies
  • A Framework for the Strategic Use of IT
  • Capitalizing on Information Technology
  • SUSTAINING A COMPETITIVE EDGE
  • INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY WITH BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
  • MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • Technology for Structuring the organization
  • Searching for Competitive Advantage
  • Integrating Technology and Decision Making
  • A Corporate Plan for Information Technology
  • THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
• Chapter 5 MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • Chapter 5 MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • Globalization
  • The Impact of Globalization on Business
  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES
  • Key Issues in an International Environment
  • Managing Information Technology Internationally
  • Concentrate on Inter-organizational Linkages
  • Build an Infrastructure
  • Take Advantage of Liberalized Electronic Communications
  • Develop Guidelines for Shared Versus Local Systems
  • Business Models and IT Management
  • TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
• Chapter 6 IT - FUNDAMENTALS
  • Chapter 6 IT - FUNDAMENTALS
  • Fundamentals
  • THE COMPONENTS OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER
    • Primary Memory or RAM
    • Memory Technology
    • The Central Processing Unit
    • How does the CPU Work
    • What Techniques increase Speed
  • IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGERS
  • Powerful Supercomputers
  • The Personal Computer Has Changed Everything
  • The Server
• Chapter 7 IT - DATABASE MANAGEMENT
  • Chapter 7 IT - DATABASE MANAGEMENT
  • Database Management
    • File Elements
    • Data
    • Direct-Access Files
    • Finding Data on the File
    • Enter Database Management Software
  • Benefits of the Relational Model
    • SQL
  • DATABASES IN SYSTEMS DESIGN
    • Data Modeling
  • DBMSs in Building Systems
  • Distributed Databases
• Chapter 8 NETWORK & COMMUNICATIONS IN I T
  • Chapter 8 NETWORK & COMMUNICATIONS IN I T
  • Networking
  • COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN COMPUTERS
  • What is a Protocol
  • NETWORK
  • Network Configuration
  • Local Area Networks
  • Ethernet and Token ring
  • THE ADVANTAGES OF NETWORKS FOR BUSINESS
    • What Are the Alternatives for Wide Area Communications
  • Why Develop Private Networks
  • THE CONTRIBUTION OF COMMUNICATIONS
    • Electronic Mail As a Communications Tool
    • Electronic Data Interchange
    • Electronic Commerce
  • Building Networks
  • Commercial Network Providers
  • A NATIONAL NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
  • Intranets
  • THE POTENTIAL OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
  • THE IMPACT OF NETWORKS
  • Implications
• Chapter 9 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURES
  • Chapter 9 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURES
  • What is hardware and software architecture
  • Mainframes for High Volume
  • The Midrange Computer Is Smaller
  • The PC Is Totally Different
  • How Do You Share
  • Moving Toward the Client-Server
    • MATCHING DESIGN TO AN ARCHITECTURE
    • When the Architecture Is a Given
    • Suggested Guideline
    • Dealing with the Problem of Data
  • FUTURE TRENDS IN ARCHITECTURE