Legal and ethical issues have become a standard part of engineering and business schools' curricula. This has not been the case for computer science or management information systems programs, although there has been increasing emphasis on the social skills of these students. This leaves a frightening void in their professional development. Information systems pose unique social challenges, especially for technical professionals who have been taught to think in terms of logic, structures and flows. This focuses on the human impact of information systems, including ethical challenges, social...

The recent, rapid emergence of the virtual organization has added new dynamics and challenges to the context of relationships between organizational managers and their employees, customers, and other constituents. Computer-Mediated Relationships and Trust: Managerial and Organizational Effects provides an exhaustive collection of leading research on trust within the context of computer-mediated relationships through review of the existent work on trust from multiple scholarly disciplines, and introduces trust in a third dimension. Addressing a complete set of issues and challenges intrinsic...

This anthology, Strategic Management for Results, teaches students of management about strategic planning and decision making. Unlike many traditional textbooks which focus on strategy as a process, this reader approaches strategy as results-driven, data driven, and dynamic. Featuring contemporary topics that are of high interest to students, the book emphasizes the practical, rather than the theoretical.
The book is divided into four sections. The first, "Charting the Direction of the Organization," helps students understand the management process and define a meaningful vision. The...

Practices and Principles of Strategic Management teaches undergraduate students of management about strategic planning and decision making. Unlike many traditional textbooks that focus on strategy in an overly broad or theoretical manner, this text approaches strategy as results-driven, data-driven, and dynamic. Featuring contemporary topics that are of high interest to students, the book emphasizes the practical, rather than the theoretical.
The book is divided into four sections. The first, "Charting the Direction of the Organization," helps students understand the management...