Management Information Systems-himalaya

This book titled "Management Information System" is written mainly for students of MBA and M.Com. programmers. The purpose of his book is to present concepts, technology and practice of information systems in a simple way to facilitate effortless learning. The book introduction concepts of information technology and information systems in a simple and lucid style. Effort has been taken to keep the technical details to a minimum to save the drudgery of technical verbose.

The book covers evolution of information systems from the early 1960s to the present day. Major focus of the book is on understanding processes of information systems planning, development and implementation. It also discusses networking, the internet and e-commerce applications.

The book is organized into nineteen chapters. The first four chapters discuss the concepts and structure of information systems. Chapters five to eight are on specific information systems like TPS, DSS, ES and ERPS. Chapter nine discusses the role of computers in MIS. Chapters ten to fifteen deal with planning, designing and implementing information systems. Chapter sixteen is on social and legal aspects of computerization. Chapters seventeen and eighteen deal with networking and the internet. Chapter nineteen gives an introduction to E-commerce.

Contents :

1. Information Systems
2. Concepts of Information
3. System Concepts
4. Structure of MIS
5. Transaction Processing System
6. Decision Support Systems
7. Expert Systems
8. Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
9. Customer Relationship Management
10. Supply Chain Management
11. Electronic Commerce
12. Role of Computers In MIS
13. Planning For MIS
14. Systems Development
15. Systems Analysis
16. Systems Design
17. Program Development
18. Systems Implementation
19. Social And Legal Aspects of Computerisation
20. Data Communication And Networking
21. The Internet
22. Information System Audit