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020			_a0805324305
050			_aT58.6.A44
100			_aAlter, Steven.
245			_aInformation systems: a management perspective. / _cSteven Alter.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNew York: _bThe benjamin/Cummings publishing company, Inc., _c1996.
300			_axxi, 728p.: _bill.; _c26cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aContents: Basic ideas for understanding information systems: System-related challenges for business professionals -- Framework and method for analyzing systems in business terms -- Describing and evaluating business processes -- Information and databases -- Applications and impacts of information systems: Types of information systems: Different ways to support communication and decision making -- Increasing efficiency and effectiveness of internal operations -- Helping firms compete through selling, pricing, and product differentiation -- Human and ethical issues -- Understanding the role of information technology: Computer hardware -- Software and programming -- Telecommunications and networks -- Steps towards computer intelligence: Making systems "Smarter" -- Planning, Building, and managing information systems: Information system planning -- Methods for building information systems -- Information system security and control.
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