TY - BOOK AU - Lucas,Henry C TI - Information technology for management SN - 0071169679 AV - T58.6 .L815 2000 PY - 2000///] CY - Boston PB - Irwin/McGraw-Hill KW - Management information systems KW - Information technology KW - Management N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 713-718) and index; -- I. The Role of Managers in Information Technology; 1. Using Technology to Transform the Organization; 2. Interpreting and Understanding Information; 3. Information Technology in Perspective; II. Organizational Issues; 4. Impact of IT on the Organization; 5. Strategic Issues of IT; 6. International Business and IT; III. Information Technology; 7. The Fundamentals; 8. A Proliferation of Computers; 9. Software is the Key; 10. Database Management; 11. Communications; 12. Networks and Electronic Commerce; 13. IT Architectures; 14. System Alternatives and Acquisition; IV. Systems Analysis and Design; 15. Building Systems Creativity with Technology; 16. Building Systems: Further Developments; 17. Enhancing the Life Cycle: Packages and other Non-Traditional Techniques; 18. Reengineering: Changing Businesses and Business Processes; 19. Implementing Change; V. Exciting Directions in Systems; 20. Supporting Knowledge Workers; 21. Organization Support Systems: DSS, GDSS, EIS, Groupware, Multimedia; 22. Intelligent Systems; VI. Issues for Senior Management; 23. Management Control of IT; 24. IT Issues for Management; 25. Societal Implications and the Future with Technology N2 - Counter Information Technology for Management 7/e prepares students how to take an active role in the design, use, and management of information systems and technology by providing a broad treatment of issues relating to an organization, the technology used, and how systems are developed. The main focus deals with applying technology in an organization or transforming existing systems with the use of information technology ER -