M: Information Systems

Module One BUSINESS DRIVEN MIS
CHAPTER 1 Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS
CHAPTER 2 Digital Transformation: Decisions, Processes, and Artificial Intelligence
CHAPTER 3 Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value
CHAPTER 4 Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns


Module Two TECHNICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MIS
CHAPTER 5 Infrastructures and Platforms: Sustainable Technologies
CHAPTER 6 Data: Business Intelligence
CHAPTER 7 Digital Ecosystems: Connecting Digital Lives, Business, and Society


Module Three ENTERPRISE MIS
CHAPTER 8 Enterprise Applications: Business Communications
CHAPTER 9 Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility


Appendixes A–F are available only as online resources
APPENDIX A: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE BASICS
APPENDIX B: NETWORKS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
APPENDIX C: DESIGNING DATABASES
APPENDIX D: EMERGING TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES
APPENDIX E: CONNECTIVITY: THE BUSINESS VALUE OF A NETWORKED WORLD
APPENDIX F: BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE


Business Driven Projects are available only as online resources.
PROJECT 1:?FINANCIAL DESTINY
PROJECT 2:?CASH FLOW
PROJECT 3:?TECHNOLOGY BUDGET
PROJECT 4:?TRACKING DONATIONS
PROJECT 5:?CONVERT CURRENCY
PROJECT 6:?COST COMPARISON
PROJECT 7:?TIME MANAGEMENT 
PROJECT 8:?MAXIMIZE PROFIT
PROJECT 9:?SECURITY ANALYSIS
PROJECT 10: GATHERING DATA
PROJECT 11: SCANNER SYSTEM
PROJECT 12: COMPETITIVE PRICING
PROJECT 13: ADEQUATE ACQUISITIONS
PROJECT 14: CUSTOMER RELATIONS
PROJECT 15: ASSESSING THE VALUE OF INFORMATION
PROJECT 16: GROWTH, TRENDS, AND FORECASTS
PROJECT 17: SHIPPING COSTS
PROJECT 18: FORMATTING GRADES
PROJECT 19: MOVING DILEMMA
PROJECT 20: OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES
PROJECT 21: TOO MUCH INFORMATION
PROJECT 22: TURNOVER RATES
PROJECT 23: VITAL INFORMATION
PROJECT 24: BREAKING EVEN
PROJECT 25: PROFIT SCENARIO
PROJECT 26: ELECTRONIC RÉSUMÉS
PROJECT 27: GATHERING FEEDBACK
PROJECT 28: DAILY INVOICE
PROJECT 29: BILLING DATA
PROJECT 30: INVENTORY DATA
PROJECT 31: CALL CENTER
PROJECT 32: SALES PIPELINE
PROJECT 33: ONLINE CLASSIFIED ADS

Baltzan; M: Information Systems is an MIS fundamentals text written in an engaging visual, magazine format designed to intrigue your students from the start. Saturated with fascinating, sometimes hard-to-believe real-life examples, M will keep students intrigued throughout the course. 


Baltzan’s approach discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique writing approach is that business initiatives drive technology choices in a corporation. This approach takes difficult and often intangible MIS concepts, brings them down to a student's level, and applies them using a hands-on approach to reinforce the concepts learned. 


A derivative of the Baltzan; Business Driven Technology text, M: Information Systems provides the foundation that will enable students to achieve excellence in business, whether they major in operations management, manufacturing, sales, marketing, or any business discipline.