Management Information Systems 13th Edition, Kenneth C. Laudon

Management Information Systems 13th Edition by Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon provides complete and integrative coverage of important new technologies, info system functions, and their affect on business models and managerial resolution making in an exciting and interactive manner.

Directed primarily towards undergraduate CIS/MIS school/college majors, this text also gives sensible content to current and aspiring trade professionals. This text helps students see the connection between IS and business efficiency by way of its use of related and present business instances and examples. Examples of the highlighted corporations include: Google, Facebook, The New Yorker, Yankees, Procter & Gamble and Walmart.

Every chapter comprises at the very least two business video cases-30 videos in all-that explain how business corporations are using information techniques, new management practices, and the ideas discussed within the chapter. As well as, there are 15 Instructional Movies that describe developments and ideas in MIS keyed to respective chapters.

Each chapter contains two management resolution issues that show students how to apply chapter ideas to real-world business situations and require them to practice their analytical and decision-making skills. Two quick instances in each chapter have been redesigned as Interactive Periods to be used in the classroom-or online dialogue boards-to stimulate scholar interest and active learning. Each case concludes with two varieties of activities.

The case research questions provide topics for in-class or online dialogue, or written assignments. MIS in Motion features palms-on, online actions for a deeper exploration of the problems discussed in the case. Each chapter features a collaborative challenge that encourages college students working in teams to make use of Google sites, Google Docs, and different open-supply collaboration tools. The primary group project in Chapter 1 asks students to construct a collaborative Google site.

This book presents all new opening, closing, and Interactive Session cases. Chapter-opening circumstances have been expanded and new case examine questions have been added. MIS Traditional Cases, consisting of 5 excellent circumstances from earlier editions on corporations reminiscent of Kmart or Blockbuster/Netflix, will probably be obtainable on the book’s Internet site. In addition, the entire chapter-ending instances from the previous edition (MIS12e) can be available online.

The text, figures, tables, and cases have been up to date through November 2012 with the most recent sources from trade and MIS research. In depth coverage of social business is introduced in Chapter 2 and mentioned in all through the text. This book additionally contains detailed discussion of enterprise (internal corporate) social networking as well as social networking in e-commerce.

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