Introduction to Information Technology (Hardcover)

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• This book is based on the fundamental premise that the major role of information technology (IT) is to support employees, regardless of their functional area or level in the organization
• Features additional coverage of wireless and pervasive computing and updated case studies
• Provides a global perspective and shows how IT facilitates export and import, managing multinational companies, and electronic trading around the globe

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IT takes the stage in business!

In today’s businesses, Information Technology is one of the hottest ticket in town. Successful management of IT can mean the difference between making it big, or not making it at all. And no other text does a better job of highlighting the critical impact of IT on today’s businesses and the relevance of IT to students’ careers, than Turban, Rainer, and Potter’s INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

Now redesigned, revised, reorganized, and updated with the latest wireless technologies and new technology trends, the Third Edition of this popular text makes IT relevant and engaging for all students, regardless of their major.

Features

• Club IT: The new web-based Virtual Company case for the Third Edition gives students the opportunity to develop IT solutions for a simulated music venue called Club IT, which presents live music and DJs. Students are “hired” as consultants for the club and asked to work on IT projects.
• Mobile, Wireless and Pervasive Computing: These technologies are rapidly spreading and changing information technology. A new chapter on Mobile, Wireless, and Pervasive Computing (Chapter 6) is right at the cutting-edge of these exciting business developments.
• Relevance: The authors explain why IT is important to all individuals and functions within an organization by relating topics to specific business majors (finance, marketing, MIS, production/operations, HR, etc.) in every chapter.
• New Interactive Learning Sessions: These new online exercises provide interactive cases that support the content in each chapter of the text. They include interactive drag-and-drop exercises, simulations, and animations that help students visualize IT processes.
• Business Extra Select: This online feature allows instructors to package the text with software applications lab manuals, cases, articles, and other real-world content, from sources such as Harvard Business School cases, Fortune, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and much more. Instructors can combine the Third Edition with the content you choose to create a fully customized textbook. Go to www.wiley.com/college/bxs for additional information.
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Product Details Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (June 1, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0471347809 ISBN-13: 978-0471347804 Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 3 pounds Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #830,577 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 38 of 42 people found the following review helpful: 2.0 out of 5 stars A textbook for college business majors (only?), November 9, 2000 By A Customer This review is from: Introduction to Information Technology (Hardcover) If you want a general IT book then don't even think about buying this one, despite its title. This is a textbook for college business majors, and looks at things from the business angle. The book is less suitable for non-student readers. It is geared for use by a lecturer who can draw attention to the important concepts underlying the field of IT, and can steer students to useful supplementary material. The book races across the surface of the whole field of IT. The authors have packed in a lot of material, but at a cost. The explanations may be good enough for students to answer a quiz about the various buzzwords, but there is not enough space here to cover anything in depth. The students, and you, may be left without a clear idea of what the words really mean. At the other end of the scale, the book struggles to make plain the broad sweep of IT concepts. Although the authors try hard, ideas tend to get lost amidst the large number of factoids. One book is never going to be enough to cover all of IT. Your choices are to be more selective about which area you want to learn about, to pick a book which is more clearly aimed at being a simple overview, or to buy this book and work really hard at following up its leads to other material to fill in the gaps. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars A disservice to students and professors, December 17, 2007 By  Ted Schaefer (USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Introduction to Information Systems: Supporting and Transforming Business (Paperback) It's a shame that such an expensive, college-level textbook written by three university members and published by Wiley could be so full of errors and sheer unprofessionalism. This review refers specifically to the 2007 edition of this book. There are multiple glaring technical errors throughout the book and accompanying material. For instance, as a key example the book states that a 16 MHz Intel 80386 computer with 1MB of RAM and DOS 3.31 cost $5,200 without a monitor in 1998 (just nine years ago). This statement, and others that I noticed throughout the book, are wholly inaccurate and it is a real disservice that students are expected to learn false facts and misinformation. Typos and grammatical errors are also scattered amongst the material. Everything about the book and material seems hurriedly slapped together, with little consideration for proofreading. The PowerPoint slides likewise contain mistakes and seem cheaply done. On the accompanying site, ClubIT assignments are available and a number of these are also poorly thought out and unchecked for errors (sometimes complete questions are missing from the worksheets yet students are expected to answer follow-up questions based on the nonexistent material). Aside from the technical errors throughout the book, I also found the writing to be tedious to read due to the monotonous-like style used. Also, so much material is discussed at such a rapid rate that it becomes impossible to comprehend all of it, but as the title suggests you do get a very general overview of information systems but not detailed information about any given technical subject. Any positive aspects of this book will forever be overshadowed by its errors, and if I were a professor I would demand a full refund for every copy of this book purchased. A 2009 edition is in the works, but it remains unclear whether or not the new edition will fix any of the existing errors or if it will simply add more material onto the abundance of material already covered throughout the book. Either way, this edition was enough to convince me to stay away from any other books written by these authors. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: 3.0 out of 5 stars This is a book for MIS...!!!, December 21, 2005 By  Arul - See all my reviews This book is intended for a read on topics of MIS (Management Information Systems), a predominantly Management subject, that analyses solutions for Business challenges through the effective usage of Information Technology. Though it is titled differently, its coverage of the MIS topics is reasonably sufficient.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Same as newer edition! I actually was assigned the newer edition of this book for class. I bought this book to save money and found out that the book has exactly the same information and if more than i... Read more Published 1 month ago by oompa loompa 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent The book was shipped really fast. This was a great buy for me. 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Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471347809
• ISBN-13: 978-0471347804
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #830,577 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A textbook for college business majors (only?), November 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Introduction to Information Technology (Hardcover)

If you want a general IT book then don't even think about buying this one, despite its title. This is a textbook for college business majors, and looks at things from the business angle.

The book is less suitable for non-student readers. It is geared for use by a lecturer who can draw attention to the important concepts underlying the field of IT, and can steer students to useful supplementary material.

The book races across the surface of the whole field of IT. The authors have packed in a lot of material, but at a cost. The explanations may be good enough for students to answer a quiz about the various buzzwords, but there is not enough space here to cover anything in depth. The students, and you, may be left without a clear idea of what the words really mean.

At the other end of the scale, the book struggles to make plain the broad sweep of IT concepts. Although the authors try hard, ideas tend to get lost amidst the large number of factoids.

One book is never going to be enough to cover all of IT. Your choices are to be more selective about which area you want to learn about, to pick a book which is more clearly aimed at being a simple overview, or to buy this book and work really hard at following up its leads to other material to fill in the gaps.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A disservice to students and professors, December 17, 2007

By	Ted Schaefer (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introduction to Information Systems: Supporting and Transforming Business (Paperback)

It's a shame that such an expensive, college-level textbook written by three university members and published by Wiley could be so full of errors and sheer unprofessionalism. This review refers specifically to the 2007 edition of this book.

There are multiple glaring technical errors throughout the book and accompanying material. For instance, as a key example the book states that a 16 MHz Intel 80386 computer with 1MB of RAM and DOS 3.31 cost $5,200 without a monitor in 1998 (just nine years ago). This statement, and others that I noticed throughout the book, are wholly inaccurate and it is a real disservice that students are expected to learn false facts and misinformation. Typos and grammatical errors are also scattered amongst the material. Everything about the book and material seems hurriedly slapped together, with little consideration for proofreading. The PowerPoint slides likewise contain mistakes and seem cheaply done. On the accompanying site, ClubIT assignments are available and a number of these are also poorly thought out and unchecked for errors (sometimes complete questions are missing from the worksheets yet students are expected to answer follow-up questions based on the nonexistent material).

Aside from the technical errors throughout the book, I also found the writing to be tedious to read due to the monotonous-like style used. Also, so much material is discussed at such a rapid rate that it becomes impossible to comprehend all of it, but as the title suggests you do get a very general overview of information systems but not detailed information about any given technical subject.

Any positive aspects of this book will forever be overshadowed by its errors, and if I were a professor I would demand a full refund for every copy of this book purchased. A 2009 edition is in the works, but it remains unclear whether or not the new edition will fix any of the existing errors or if it will simply add more material onto the abundance of material already covered throughout the book. Either way, this edition was enough to convince me to stay away from any other books written by these authors.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is a book for MIS...!!!, December 21, 2005

By	Arul - See all my reviews

This book is intended for a read on topics of MIS (Management Information Systems), a predominantly Management subject, that analyses solutions for Business challenges through the effective usage of Information Technology. Though it is titled differently, its coverage of the MIS topics is reasonably sufficient.