For the introductory or undergraduate information systems course required of all business majors across a variety of colleges and universities. This text focuses on what business students need to know about MIS. Contemporary, application-driven, and student-focused, the second edition of this highly successful text continues to offer the essentials of information systems that every business student needs to know. Accessible, and well-written, this text balances a managerial approach with a variety of unique, effective features in every chapter including Brief Cases, longer chapter-ending Cases, Coming Attractions boxes, Career Implications boxes, Web Search exercises, Global Perspectives boxes, and more.