Management Information Systems: Organization and Technology in the Networked Enterprise: Amazon.ca: Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon: Books

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The first MIS text that actually uses technology to teach students about information systems and technology. Devotes an entire chapter on ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning. Focuses on Electronic Commerce, Electronic Business, and the Internet and integrates throughout. Explores all of today's most current topics and provides the strongest international coverage in the market.

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Provides an introduction to management information systems for undergraduate and MBA students. Explores today's leading-edge topics including electronic commerce, electronic business, intranets and extranets, and other information technologies. DLC: Management information systems.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Writers must know the technology, July 11 2004

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Suhreed Sarkar (Dhaka, Bangladesh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Management Information Systems (Hardcover)

While studying for MBA, my course teacher suggested this book as text. After reading this book, I could not undertsnad why the book is still in market? It has so many technical mistakes. I am mentioning one here.
The authors described "Star Topology" as: consists of a central computer connected to a number of smaller computers or terminals. Anybody having basic knowledge on computer networking will disagree with this definition. Actually the computers are connected to a hub or switch, not to a computer, and the computers need not to be 'smaller'.
The definition of other network topologies are also flawed. At the end of section 'The Ring Network' the authors commented that: Both ring and bus topologies are used in local area networks (LANs)... Probably they want to say that Star topology is not used in LAN, but the fact is that most of LANs in today's world use Star topology.

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1.0 out of 5 stars The book is not intuitive, May 25 2004

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Stan Cholodnjak (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Management Information Systems (Hardcover)

I am a computer programmer and had to use this book as a requirement for CIS class for my MBA degree. In my class I did not meet a single person who liked the book or found it satisfactory. I don't claim that I know everything about MIS. But the terms I knew are not explained well in the book. And it is very hard to understand terms I did not know. To illustrate my point, here is book's definition of the term 'hypertext markup language (html)' - "Page description language for creating Web pages and other hypermedia documents." In my opinion you don't explain word 'hypertext' with 'hypermedia'. "Page description language for creating Web pages" doesn't sound intuitive either. Most of the definitions sound like that. The only positive thing was that Book Store gave me 50% of the book price back when I returned it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Case Study, How Can I get the answer?, April 17 2004

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This review is from: Management Information Systems (Hardcover)

Hi, everybody!!!

This book is the one, don't doubt it. Well, anybody know where i can get information about the cases studies, i would like compare my answers with a credible source.

Well, thanks a lot.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Managers, Sales Rep.'s, MBA-students.... this is a must have
The emphasis of this book is how organizational change is required to implement an information system. Read more

Published on Jan 23 2003 by the_student

1.0 out of 5 stars Reviewing the reviews
...two (7th) editions are available. One of these (7th) editions comes with a CD and one doesen't. In addition, one ISBN # will not necessarily lead to the other. Read more

Published on Jan 1 2003 by Claudia Kuehnl