A collection of situations designed to illustrate the real challenges faced by practising Information Systems Managers, these short vignettes make excellent facilitators for classroom discussion of critical issues. To provide even more stimulation, the authors have given each of the 71 situations humorous names, 29 of the situations are accompanied by cartoons highlighting pivotal concepts involved in the situation, and

Blending a strong practical focus with a consistent foundation in research and theory, this book introduces the reader to the essential management issues and considerations required to make the information systems resource work in and for an organization. It presents the information systems resource in a business rather than a technical or theoretical context, and explores the practical use of information systems in achieving corporate goals. The text approaches real management issues, where there is not always a right or a wrong answer, encouraging the reader to think critically and enter...

The 'Red Men' of the Bengal Horse Artillery on Campaign
James Young was a young officer in the early days of the corps d'elite that was The Bengal Horse Artillery. In the first years of the nineteenth century the British Empire was expanding its influence over the sub-continent and the armies of the Honourable East India Company supported by British regular troops fought under the leadership of Generals such as Lake and Wellesley-the future Duke of Wellington-to suppress the great martial powers of India such as the Marathas, Sikhs and Mogul forces. Young's war was the Second Maratha...