Description:
Designed for the introductory MIS course, this text provides a learner-centered, experiential approach that helps engage students with in-class activities and productive discussions. This Edition 3.0 is thoroughly revised and updated with new topics including mobile privacy, two-factor authentication, blockchain, ransonware, and bitcoins. Hands-on software activities and examples have been updated to the most recent versions of the relevant software.
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Section I: Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Value of Information
- Focusing Story: How Information Cost Me (a Lot of) Money
- Learning Activity 1.1: The Rapid Growth of Information
- Learning Activity 1.2: A Day in My Technology-Free Life
- Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom
- Information Literacy
- Learning Activity 1.3: How I Use Information
- Uses of Information
- Learning Activity 1.4: How Businesses Use Information
- Business Example Box 1.1: Promising Information Careers
- Glossary
- Chapter 2: Introduction to Information Systems
- Focusing Story: Registering for Classes in 1981
- Learning Activity 2.1: Identifying My Information Systems
- Why All Business Professionals Need to Be Information Systems Managers
- Learning Activity 2.2: Components of a System
- Overview of Systems
