Business Information Systems

Section-I: Planning Imperatives for IT Infrastructure: 1. Information and Managerial Effectiveness, 2. Business Information Systems, 3. Business Functions and Information Needs of Business, 4. Information Systems and Managerial Process, 5. Planning for IT Infrastructure, Section-II: Developing IT Infrastructure: 6. Defining Hardware Requirements, 7. Planning for Software Resources, 8. Development of Accounting Information System: A Modular Approach, 9. Planning for Databases, 10. Types of Information Systems and Need Resource Matching, Section-III: Shared Information Systems: 11. Data Communication and Networking, 12. Using Information Superhighways - Internet and Intranet, 13. Security Issues in IT Infrastructure, Section-IV: Personal Information Systems: 14. Microcomputers - End User Focus, 15. Office Suites and Productivity • Index

• Latest topics in IT including Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Intelligent Agents, EIS and ERP Systems
• Elaborates the importance of connectivity and communication, highlighting the importance of Networking and use of the Internet, Intranet and e-mail as productivity, cost, marketing and communication tools
• Provides operational suggestions or tenets in different sections of the book - a unique and useful feature for both experienced and lay IT users
• Simple and user-friendly with numerous illustrations to enhance learning, and minimum jargon - caters to a large cross-section of readers from different functional specialisations