Information Systems Today: Managing the Digital World

by Joseph S. Valacich, Christoph Schneider

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. 

 

Our primary goal for Information Systems Managing The Digital World, 8/e, was to emphasize the importance of information systems to all business students as the role of information technology and systems continues to expand within organizations and society. Most notably, we extensively examine how five big megatrends—mobile, social media, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and Big Data—are transforming individuals, organizations, and society. Given this clear focus, we are better able to identify those topics most critical to students and future business professionals. Consequently, we have made substantial revisions to the basic content of the chapters and pedagogical elements as well as introduced several new elements that we believe help achieve this goal. 

 

In addition to the changes within the main chapter content, we have also added two new features to each chapter—Green IT and Security Matters. Green IT presents environmental issues arising from the use of information systems. For example, in Chapter 4, we discuss the environmental impacts of online shopping. Security Matters presents some current issues and threats arising from the ubiquitous use of information systems. For example, in Chapter 5, we discuss how hacktivists challenged the extramarital dating website Ashley Madison.

Genres: Textbooks

563 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Joseph S. Valacich (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and is The George and Carolyn Hubman Distinguished Professor in Information Systems for the College of Business and Economics at Washington State University, Pullman. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and is a Charter Member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). He is currently serving on the joint ACM-AIS task force designing the curriculum for Master of Science Information Systems Programs. He was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Service Award from the Washington State University College of Business and Economics in 1997, and is vice-chairperson of ICIS 1999 in Charlotte. Dr. Valacich was recently identified as one of the ten-most productive Information Systems researchers in the world and his current research interests include technology-mediated group decision-making, electronic commerce, the diffusion of technology in organizations, and distance learning. Dr. Valacich serves on the editorial board of Small Group Research and is an Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly.

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Reviews

[G · Rating 1 out of 5]

pain and suffering

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read it, can’t remember it. I don’t think it was beneficial...

[Chris Strangeman · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a textbook. And not an engrossing, want to read kind of textboon.

[Yeah1990]

thank

[Smmripon]

i want to read

[Steve · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wish I could rate this book higher because some of the material it covers is good for IT people who might not fully understand how some parts of the computer work, such as the processor, RAM, and cache memory.

However, the book also has a number of glaring errors that should have been caught during the editing process, such as information about Charles Babbage's Difference Engine and the difference between PCI-X and PCIe slots.

When a book can't bother to get easily identified facts right, I question the overall validity of the book as a whole.