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Information Systems Today: Managing in the Digital World, 3/E
Leonard Jessup, Washington State University
Joseph Valacich, Washington State University

ISBN-10: 0132335069
ISBN-13: 9780132335065

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Cloth; 624 pp
Published: 03/29/2007

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For the undergraduate/graduate introductory information systems course required of all business students.

 

Information Systems Today, 3e, speaks directly to WHY IS MATTERS today by focusing on what every business student needs to know about IS including its leading role in the globalization of business.

&>For the undergraduate/graduate introductory information systems course required of all business students.

 

Information Systems Today, 3e, speaks directly to WHY IS MATTERS today by focusing on what every business student needs to know about IS including its leading role in the globalization of business.

 

How do you feel the development of information systems influences globalization? How do you demonstrate the ever-increasing global role of IS/IT in your course?

 

 

·        A new Chapter 2 ‘Fueling Globalization Through Information Systems’ examines the evolution of globalization and its ever-increasing pace. This material draws heavily from Thomas Friedman’s bestseller The World Is Flat. Pg. 40

·        Expanded and updated coverage of how the Internet (Chapter 5) is transforming commerce and society using the concepts and views of current writers and thinkers like Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail. Pg. 174

·        Chapter 10 on Ethics and Crime includes an expanded coverage of cyber-war and cyber-terrorism, particularly focusing on how the ‘business processes’ of global terrorism affect the digital world. Pg, 406

·        Each chapter concludes with a one page Industry Analysis which conveys how a particular global industry now takes advantage of new digitally inspired opportunities. No sector is immune. For example, see Ch. 10, Digital Date on Government Computers a Security Concern. Pg. 443

 

 How do you cover contemporary IS/IT issues and make them more interesting to the typical business student?  How much time do you spend on technology issues in your course vs. business or managerially based topics?

 

  • Technology Briefings. The core of the text consists of 10 business/managerially related topics. Technical topics either for optional review or classroom coverage are included at the end of the book and entitled Technology Briefings. This allows for flexibility of coverage by the professor depending on the emphasis of the course.
    • Briefings include: Hardware, Software, Database Management, Networking and the Internet/WWW. P. 447
    • Key Enablers Feature: Businesses in many industries have to constantly analyze how innovative technologies can be used to gain competitive advantage. The third edition covers literally hundreds of different emerging technologies throughout the book. This NEW feature focuses on the underlying innovations that enable the development of new, emerging technologies that are likely to impact organizations or society.
    • Sample Key Enablers includeNanotubes, Brainwave Interfaces, or Liquid Lenses
  • Ethical Dilemma: This feature has all new content and is found in each chapter. Ethical business practices are now a predominant part of contemporary management education and practice. This feature examines contemporary dilemmas related to the chapter content and highlights the implications of these dilemmas for managers, organizations, and society.
    • Some examples include dilemmas regarding differences in online rights throughout the world, the underground gaming industry, or privacy issues surrounding RFID.

 

How do you use cases in your course?

 

  • Multi-tiered Approach to Cases. Jessup/Valacich takes a multi-tiered approach to cases – Chapter Opening Cases, Brief Cases contained within chapters, and longer more substantive End-of-Chapter Cases. All cases come replete with associated questions designed to be answered after reading the chapter. Companies and products are chosen in all instances with an eye to be particularly appealing to contemporary students.
    • How social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have become big business on the Internet. (Ch. 1)
    • How the Sundance Film Festival is utilizing digital technology and the Internet to transform both the creation and distribution of entertainment content. (Ch. 4)
    • How domainers – those who buy and sell lucrative domain names – have grown into a multi-million dollar industry. (Ch. 3)
    • How technologies such as Bittorent are staying one step ahead of illegal file sharing legistration. (Ch.10)

 

What kind of real-life situations/examples do you use in your course to help students understand IS/IT?

 

  • When Things Go Wrong: Textbooks don’t normally describe what NOT to do, but this regular feature can be very helpful to students. It enables them to learn about real-world situations where planning and forecasts left much to be desired.
    • For example, see how errors and deliberate misrepresentations of information at Wikipedia were committed for ego, political gain and profit. (Ch. 10)

 

  • Change Agent: A variety of key players have shaped the current landscape by inventing, selling, or promoting products and services. This feature presents some of the prominent players that have significantly advanced technologies or lead important companies.
    • Some individuals included are: Michael Dell of Dell (Ch. 3), Anne Mulcahy of Xerox (Ch. 6), and Meg Whitman of eBay (Ch. 5.)

 

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For the undergraduate/graduate introductory information systems course required of all business students.

 

Information Systems Today, 3e, speaks directly to WHY IS MATTERS today by focusing on what every business student needs to know about IS including it leading role in the globalization of business.

 

How do you feel the development of information systems influences globalization? How do you demonstrate the ever-increasing global role of IS/IT in your course?

 

 

·        A NEW chapter 2 ‘Fueling Globalization Through Information Systems’ examines the evolution of globalization and its ever-increasing pace. This material draws heavily from Thomas Friedman’s bestseller The World Is Flat. Pg. X

·        Expanded and updated coverage of how the Internet (Chapter 5) is transforming commerce and society using the concepts and views of current writers and thinkers like Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail. Pg. X

·        Chapter 10 on Ethics and Crime includes an expanded coverage of cyber-war and cyber-terrorism, particularly focusing on how the ‘business processes’ of global terrorism affect the digital world.

 

 

How do you show your students that IS infrastructure is necessary for satisfying an organizations information needs? How do you cover legislation and legal issues such as Sarbanes Oxley etc in your course?

 

·        A NEW Chapter 4 ‘Managing the Information Systems Infrastructure,’offers an overview of the essential information systems infrastructure components and describes why they are necessary for satisfying an organization’s information needs. In addition, expanded and updated coverage on legislative and legal issues including the U.S Patriot and Sarbanes-Oxley Acts have been added as well.

 

How do you use cases in your course?

  • Multi-tiered Approach to Cases. Jessup/Valacich takes a multi-tiered approach to cases — Chapter Opening Cases, Brief Cases contained within chapters, and longer more substantive End-of-Chapter Cases. All cases come replete with associated questions designed to be answered after reading the chapter. All cases are new to this edition. Companies and products are chosen in all instances with an eye to be particularly appealing to contemporary students.
    • How social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have become big business on the Internet. (Ch. 1)
    • How the Sundance Film Festival is utilizing digital technology and the Internet to transform both the creation and distribution of entertainment content. (Ch. 4)
    • How domainers — those who buy and sell lucrative domain names — have grown into a multi-million dollar industry. (Ch. 3)
    • How technologies such as Bittorent are staying one step ahead of illegal file sharing legistration. (Ch.10)

 

What kind of real-life situations/examples do you use in your course to help students understand IS/IT?

  • When Things Go Wrong: Textbooks don’t normally describe what NOT to do, but this regular feature can be very helpful to students. Found in each chapter, this NEW feature enables them to learn about real-world situations where planning and forecasts left much to be desired.
    • For example, see how errors and deliberate misrepresentations of information at Wikipedia were committed for ego, political gain and profit. (Ch. 10)

 

  • Change Agent: A variety of key players have shaped the current landscape by inventing, selling, or promoting products and services. This NEW feature, found in each chapter, presents some of the prominent players that have significantly advanced technologies or lead important companies.
    • Some individuals included are: Michael Dell of Dell (Ch. 3), Anne Mulcahy of Xerox (Ch. 6), and Meg Whitman of eBay (Ch. 5.)
  • Industry Analysis: Each chapter concludes with a one page Industry Analysis which conveys how a particular global industry now takes advantage of new digitally inspired opportunities. No sector is immune. For example, see Ch. 10, The Comics Industry: Digital Distribution to the Rescue.
  • Key Enablers Feature: Businesses in many industries have to constantly analyze how innovative technologies can be used to gain competitive advantage. The 3/e covers literally hundreds of different emerging technologies throughout the book. This NEW feature focuses on the underlying innovations that enable the development of new, emerging technologies that are likely to impact organizations or society.
    • Topics include: Nanotubes, Spintronics, Cognitive Radio, Pulsed Arrested Spark Discharge, Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Brainwave Interfaces, Liquid Lenses, Voice Print, Fabbing, and Photonic Crystal Fibers.
  • Ethical Dilemma: This feature has all new content and is found in each chapter. Ethical business practices are now a predominant part of contemporary management education and practice. This feature examines contemporary dilemmas related to the chapter content and highlights the implications of these dilemmas for managers, organizations, and society.
    • Topics include: differences in online rights throughout the world, ownership of company data, employee monitoring, cookies to “enhance” your Web surfing, vendor/client relationships, using CRM systems to target or discriminate, system designs that eliminate jobs, ethical hacking, underground gaming industry to sell virtual goods for “real” money, and RFID privacy.

Table of Contents:

 

Chapter 1: Managing in a Digital World

Chapter 2: Fueling Globalization through Information Systems

Chapter 3 Valuing Information Systems Investments

Chapter 4: Managing the Information Systems Infrastructure

Chapter 5: Enabling Commerce using the Internet

Chapter 6: Securing Information Systems

Chapter 7: Enhancing Business Intelligence using Information Systems

Chapter 8: Building Organizational Partnerships using Information Systems

Chapter 9: Developing and Acquiring Information Systems

Chapter 10: Information Systems Ethics and Crime

 

Technology Briefing 1: Information Systems Hardware

Technology Briefing 2: Information Systems Software

Technology Briefing 3: Data and Knowledge Management

Technology Briefing 4: Networking and Internet Technologies

Technology Briefing 5: The Internet and World Wide Web

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