Management Information Systems With Misource 2007 [Paperback]

George Marakas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2006

The benchmark text for the syllabus organized by technology (a week on databases, a week on networks, a week on systems development, etc.) taught from a managerial perspective. O'Brien defines technology and then explains how companies use the technology to improve performance. Real world cases finalize the explanation.

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About the Author

Jim is affiliated with NAU, but no longer actively teaching there

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Higher Education; 8th edition (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071286268
• ISBN-13: 978-0071286268
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,911,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thorough Book - But worth the money?, February 16, 2007

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Kevin Buckley "Buckwebs" (Woburn, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Management Information Systems with MISource 2007 (Hardcover)

Are any textbooks really worth what they charge? Not really -

However, this is a good book and covers many (almost) up to date concepts. In technology, I am guessing for a hard cover book, the updated materials are as close as you can get.

5.0 out of 5 stars Newbie to the Tech Field, October 27, 2009

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M. Jean-jacques "Amazon Junkie" (Gaithersburg, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Management Information Systems with MISource 2007 (Hardcover)

I am new to the computer arena and I find the book layed out the material very well. It made for an interesting and easy read. The first chapter sums up the majority of the book and each chapter thereafter elaborates on each topic presented in the first chapter.

2.0 out of 5 stars Repeptive and Wordy, November 29, 2008

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Preeti Akirekadu "luckyshmi" (north america) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Management Information Systems With Misource 2007 (Paperback)

The chapters cover all areas necessary to get a comprehensive understanding of MIS and related technologies. There are real world case studies provided in each chapter to give readers an insight into actual applications and quantify the reading. The historic background and foundation concepts provided are substantial and well presented. These are definitely plus points for this book.

However, I find that the writing is extremely verbose and highly repetitive. A concept that can be explained in a few simple sentences is stretched to paragraphs of elaborate and winding set of sentences. Good luck sifting through them. Also often times, definitions and descriptions are repeated over chapters with no new additional information presented. This makes the reading drab and just not enjoyable.

This happened to a prescribed text for a graduate level class I am taking. Many other students have the same opinion with regards to this text and have requested our professor & graduate school to change to a different text for the coming semester.